Inherited suffering

Here's a view of the drug overdose death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman that you probably haven't heard yet.  It's the viewpoint of a psychiatrist.

Dr. Keith Ablow says, "I know what kind of damage Hoffman has done because I routinely pick up the pieces after addicts decimate their families." 

"They [children and spouse] often wonder whether anything in life can be trusted, whether they can ever be safe from catastrophe.  And that makes them vulnerable to depression and drug addiction and personality disorders, just like their dad was. Round and round and round. That’s the real way psychiatric suffering is passed through generations.

"I am on the front lines.  I know this to be true."