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Is Mental Illness Genetic???
The book "First Person Plural" by Cameron West (excellent insight into the
disorder, well-written memoir) Also: http://www.sidran.org/didbr.html "Recently considered rare and mysterious psychiatric curiosities, Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) (previously known as Multiple Personality Disorder-MPD) and other Dissociative Disorders are now understood to be fairly common effects of severe trauma in early childhood, most typically extreme, repeated physical, sexual, and/or emotional abuse. " http://www.cmhawdb.on.ca/disassociation.htm Disassociative Identity Disorder (DID) is a severe dissociative disorder that involves a disturbance in both the memory and identity of an individual. The individual uses defense mechanisms involving splitting, idealization, devaluation, denial and/or taking on the personality of another in order to cope with trauma experienced in childhood "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 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???
"Jacqui" wrote in message ...
Andrea wibbled 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 It's neurological and it origins from the mind - doesn't everything? Just thought I would share my experiences. Andrea. |
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Is Mental Illness Genetic???
On Wed, 26 May 2004 12:25:15 GMT, "Jennifer and Robert Howe"
wrote: 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. Bipolar is believed to be hereditary; there's a team at Johns Hopkins trying to isolate the relevant gene. Naomi |
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Is Mental Illness Genetic???
Andrea wibbled
Jacqui wrote 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. It's neurological and it origins from the mind - doesn't everything? That's rather like conflating asthma, bronchitis, and lung cancer into one as they all affect the lungs. Jac |
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Is Mental Illness Genetic???
"Jennifer and Robert Howe" wrote in message k.net... 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. Actually bipolar does have a higher incidence within related persons, and that is a known risk factor. Many mental health problems do have a recognized familial connection of a higher risk if there is family history, to ~some~ extent. And some disorders have a much stronger connection than others. HOWEVER, they are only at this point considered predispositions, not guaranteed "passing on" of a problem. It simply makes a person more vulnerable to a specific problem, and if conditions are "right" (life situation/circumstance, events, personality, etc..) they are at higher risk and more likely to develop the problem. |
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Is Mental Illness Genetic???
"Jacqui" wrote in message . 7... Andrea wibbled Jacqui wrote 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. It's neurological and it origins from the mind - doesn't everything? That's rather like conflating asthma, bronchitis, and lung cancer into one as they all affect the lungs. Jac I shared my experiences, as I know how it is when the same thing passes through the family. Andrea. NT's eh? |
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Is Mental Illness Genetic???
Andrea wibbled
I shared my experiences, as I know how it is when the same thing passes through the family. Andrea. NT's eh? I might be NT but my husband, father-in-law, brother-in-law and possibly my son aren't. It strikes me that despite your experiences you know bugger all about most things, Andrea. You persist in jumping to conclusions without reading carefully, you spread malicious accusations and give incorrect information without doing any research. And if you think that all neurological issues are the same thing and that AS is a mental illness you clearly know bugger all about your own condition. Jac |
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Is Mental Illness Genetic???
In eZ1tc.29371$wa.8905@fed1read07,
CY wrote: *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 I think the predisposition for MPD/DID is also suspected to be heritable. Which is to say that you can have two people exposed to the exact same stressors during childhood and only the predisposed individuals will develop MPD/DID -- and they could pass that tendency on to their kids. -- hillary israeli vmd http://www.hillary.net "uber vaccae in quattuor partes divisum est." not-so-newly minted veterinarian-at-large |
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I dont know exactly if it was multiple personalities but he was severly
sexually abused by both his parents when he was younger but would openly talk about this. He also constantly lied. He would tell one person something and tell another something completely different. He was sad one minute and the next happy and the next he would be throwing things around the house and trying to strangle me threatening to kill me aswell as himself if i tried to leave |
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Is Mental Illness Genetic???
"Jacqui" wrote in message
. 7... Andrea wibbled I shared my experiences, as I know how it is when the same thing passes through the family. Andrea. NT's eh? I might be NT but my husband, father-in-law, brother-in-law and possibly my son aren't. It strikes me that despite your experiences you know bugger all about most things, Andrea. You persist in jumping to conclusions without reading carefully, you spread malicious accusations and give incorrect information without doing any research. And if you think that all neurological issues are the same thing and that AS is a mental illness you clearly know bugger all about your own condition. Jac Ok where in my post did I actually say apergers was a mental illness? I do not spread malicious (A bit strong wasn't it?) accustaions either. This is NG! people share what they know, you do get people who research their answers, but I believe life experience is far better than some study that was done. If people wanted answers based on reasearch they can use a search engine. Believe me I know more about it than you ever will - I have lived with it all my life. Just watching someone with it is not the same as being aspergers trust me. Andrea. |
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