Mentally ill Parents

By Jerry Kennard, Health Guide Saturday, December 22, 2007

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Long-term mental illness does not necessarily equate with poor parenting or neglect, but it may mean that the capacity to provide care is compromised because of the nature and course of the illness. For example, long periods away from home because of hospital treatment may make care unpredictable, ...

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Don Fraser

12/27/07 6:16pm

Thank-you for your insightful script.

My son is 22, I have schizophrenia,and I'm trying to decide whether to see him for the first time since he was born.

I'm not sure how he'll react or really what to say to him. I think he deserves to know ,with the genetic component theory being a popular one these days.( My grandfather was mentally ill ). I was too ill to raise him and my wife couldn't support him so for now my mother and me are leaving it up to the adoption registry (sort-of)

Thanks again for shedding more light on this topic.

Sincerely, Don Fraser

f8ed4music

12/29/07 2:40am

I was so glad to see an article like this posted somewhere that is geared towards the young children of schizophrenic parents. My mother suffered her first breakdown when I was about 11 years old (I'm now 35) and I had a very difficult time dealing with her illness. My parents told me not to talk to anyone but them about Mom's illness because other kids would make fun of me and think bad of our family, then when I would try to talk to them, they didn't want to talk about it. I spent many years confused and frustrated. Of course the internet wasn't available to kids when I was young so finding help there wasn't even an option, but now it is and this article gives kids some real HELP during a difficult time when they might feel very confused, alone, and frustrated! Kudos to the author! THANKS!

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