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Mental Illness: When It’s a Family Affair (15 Observations and/or Best Practices)

July 12, 2019

For years, I had no idea what was wrong with my mother. That she’d been diagnosed with a mental illness: manic-depression (Known today as Bipolar Disorder.). Ashamed of her condition, Mom told no one. My father stayed silent on the topic as well, not clueing my brothers and me in on her condition. No doubt […]

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Filed Under: Aging Parents, Emotional Health Tagged: how to help a loved one with mental health problems, Mental illness, when a family member is mentally ill

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