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"&lt;img alt=\"1012_Josh_Marks_master_chef_mugshot\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2013/10/11/1012-josh-marks-master-chef-mugshot-1.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;\"&lt;strong&gt;MasterChef&lt;/strong&gt;\" star &lt;strong&gt;Josh Marks&lt;/strong&gt; was diagnosed with schizophrenia 24 hours before committing suicide ... so says his mother, who claims the thought of dealing with more mental issues put him over the edge.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Marks' mom Paulette Mitchell is saying the reality star completed&amp;#160;an out-patient treatment program Thursday -- where he was diagnosed with schizophrenia ... according to a family rep.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mitchell first told the Chicago Tribune the chef had finally come to terms with his bipolar disorder ... but \"couldn't bear the thought of another diagnosis.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Paulette claims Marks was upset about the doctors assessment ... so she spent the night with him and left the next afternoon to pick her daughter up from school.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A few hours later ... she received a phone call from a family member saying people had called saying Josh was walking through a nearby alley clutching a gun.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mitchell says she rushed over to the alleyway to find him -- but instead discovered her son dead from a gunshot wound ... with a revolver at his side.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;His mother also admits ... some of the Marks' delusions centered around &lt;strong&gt;Gordon Ramsay&lt;/strong&gt;, and that's why he told cops back in July that the chef had possessed his body when he got arrested.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;The family is hoping to start a foundation in his honor to help mental illness awareness."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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