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Is Mental Illness Genetic???
Just wanting to know If mental illness is genetic? The father of my unborn
baby, i have just found out he has severe mental problems. I dont know exactly what his condition is but it is very likely to be like multiple personalities. Can this be passed on to my baby? |
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Is Mental Illness Genetic???
On Wed, 26 May 2004 17:03:23 +0800, "Kelly Hassett"
wrote: Just wanting to know If mental illness is genetic? The father of my unborn baby, i have just found out he has severe mental problems. I dont know exactly what his condition is but it is very likely to be like multiple personalities. Can this be passed on to my baby? Some mental illnesses are hereditary. MPD generally isn't. I recommend you find out what his diagnosis is, and read up on the specific illness in question. Naomi |
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Is Mental Illness Genetic???
"Kelly Hassett wrote ...
Just wanting to know If mental illness is genetic? The father of my unborn baby, i have just found out he has severe mental problems. I dont know exactly what his condition is but it is very likely to be like multiple personalities. Can this be passed on to my baby? Well my dad has Aspergers, so do I so does my son. Also I have things like depression and OCD. Andrea. |
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Is Mental Illness Genetic???
I have bipolar disorder which is not known to be herditary but I can say
after looking at my family I think it does. My grandfather had it and so does my mom and my aunt. so there is a possiblity that it can be herditary and still not know if it is. Jennifer Ariana 8/17/03 Home.earthlink.net/~soalus "Andrea" wrote in message et... "Kelly Hassett wrote ... Just wanting to know If mental illness is genetic? The father of my unborn baby, i have just found out he has severe mental problems. I dont know exactly what his condition is but it is very likely to be like multiple personalities. Can this be passed on to my baby? Well my dad has Aspergers, so do I so does my son. Also I have things like depression and OCD. Andrea. |
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Is Mental Illness Genetic???
"Kelly Hassett" wrote in message ... Just wanting to know If mental illness is genetic? The father of my unborn baby, i have just found out he has severe mental problems. I dont know exactly what his condition is but it is very likely to be like multiple personalities. Can this be passed on to my baby? It might be worth it to get the information on the condition, and speak to a genetic counselor. They will take the family history on both sides and go back several generations. In our case, most of the things in the family tree don't appear to be genetic, and the things that are are ones where keeping an eye on it when the dangerous age approaches makes a big difference (colon cancer on my side of the family, breast cancer on my husband's). It was a big relief. Bipolar disorder can cause Jeckyll/Hyde mood shifts. I dated a guy with it, and it is downright scary at times. It really seemed like there were three parts to him-the depressed, moody, upset, if you leave me I'll kill myself part, the violent, aggressive, abusive, run off and do anything without thinking about the consequences part, and the caring, sweet guy I'd known when we first started dating. My father in law also has this condition, controlled now with medication, -and it's one of the ones we checked with the geneticist about. It can be genetic, but I know the geneticist didn't see it as a big concern for us, because there really wasn't the long family history that would indicate a genetic link. |
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Is Mental Illness Genetic???
Multiple Personality Disorder (or Disassociative Identity Disorder - DID as
it is now known) is generally caused by (normally severe) abuse in early childhood. Therefore this is a mental disorder that is not genetic or hereditary, though the predisposition for things like depression and schizophrenia for example can be. Sorry to hear about the father of your baby. That's a tough diagnosis and often needs years of therapy/drugs to overcome. There are lots of websites and books on the subject. I would read up on it if that ends up being the diagnosis. "Kelly Hassett" wrote in message ... Just wanting to know If mental illness is genetic? The father of my unborn baby, i have just found out he has severe mental problems. I dont know exactly what his condition is but it is very likely to be like multiple personalities. Can this be passed on to my baby? |
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Is Mental Illness Genetic???
"Kelly Hassett" wrote in message ... Just wanting to know If mental illness is genetic? The father of my unborn baby, i have just found out he has severe mental problems. I dont know exactly what his condition is but it is very likely to be like multiple personalities. Can this be passed on to my baby? From what I have heard, yes they can be passed on genetically. But I don't know if it has been scientifically proven. Maybe someone else can be more specific. I know depression and anxiety run in my family. It just helps to know the symptoms and how to take care of it. Also from what I have heard alot of the time multiple personalities are a coping mechanism that alot kids adopt when they are abused and have no other way to escape or deal with it. So there may be more of a history to his illness than genetics necessarily. Kat Mama to Maggie 11/03/01 and Will 02/10/04 |
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Is Mental Illness Genetic???
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Kelly Hassett wrote ... Just wanting to know If mental illness is genetic? The father of my unborn baby, i have just found out he has severe mental problems. I dont know exactly what his condition is but it is very likely to be like multiple personalities. Can this be passed on to my baby? Well my dad has Aspergers, so do I so does my son. Also I have things like depression and OCD. Asperger's Syndrome is NOT a mental illness. It has a tendency to be inherited but it's not a certainty. It almost certainly has nothing whatsoever to do with Kelly's fears. Jac |
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CY wrote in message news:eZ1tc.29371$wa.8905@fed1read07... Multiple Personality Disorder (or Disassociative Identity Disorder - DID as it is now known) is generally caused by (normally severe) abuse in early childhood. Never heard that before. Can you show your sources for this, please? Debbie Therefore this is a mental disorder that is not genetic or hereditary, though the predisposition for things like depression and schizophrenia for example can be. Sorry to hear about the father of your baby. That's a tough diagnosis and often needs years of therapy/drugs to overcome. There are lots of websites and books on the subject. I would read up on it if that ends up being the diagnosis. "Kelly Hassett" wrote in message ... Just wanting to know If mental illness is genetic? The father of my unborn baby, i have just found out he has severe mental problems. I dont know exactly what his condition is but it is very likely to be like multiple personalities. Can this be passed on to my baby? |
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Is Mental Illness Genetic???
"Welches" wrote in message
news:N03tc.92$aF2.47@newsfe3-gui... CY wrote in message news:eZ1tc.29371$wa.8905@fed1read07... Multiple Personality Disorder (or Disassociative Identity Disorder - DID as it is now known) is generally caused by (normally severe) abuse in early childhood. Never heard that before. Can you show your sources for this, please? Debbie Sybil? Severely abused as a child, created many personalities to help her deal with it. -- Jamie & Taylor Earth Angel, 1/3/03 Check out Taylor Marlys -- www.MyFamily.com, User ID: Clarkguest1, Password: Guest Become a member for free - go to Add Member to set up your own User ID and Password Check out our Adoption Page at http://home.earthlink.net/~jamielee6 |
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