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can people that have bipolar able to take care of childern
It would vary from person to person. Also, anyone would need to ask many, many questions about the person and his or her life in order to answer.
Can you find someone in your local area to talk to about this? If there is a NAMI chapter near you, members there would have many good questions and opinions. Find a group at nami.org
My own answers, knowing nothing about a particular person, would fall between "probably, if all my questions get satisfactory, reassuring answers, and if there is a support network in place for that parent" to "absolutely not."
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Libby Bonner
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I can answers questions from family members of adult patients with serious mental illnesses. I am most familiar with bipolar disorder [manic-depression] and schizophrenia. I use principles of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill to provide clinical info, emotional support, and practical suggestions, including finances/insurance. Emphasis is on family health; family preservation and functioning; coping skills; and effective communications with patients [consumers] and with providers of services. I am not qualified to help families with patients under 18 I cannot answer questions about herbal remedies.
Experience
I have a daughter w/ bipolar illness. Have experience with clinical medicine/psychiatry through my work in a hospital library. I have taken and now monitor the NAMI Family to Family educational program and I facilitate NAMI family caring and sharing evenings.
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