Posted by AMenz on June 24, 2001, at 9:54:17
In reply to Re: Houston Tragedy'depressed mom'neglectful dad » yo-wazzzup, posted by kazoo on June 24, 2001, at 1:30:22
I agree. In addition in family planning depression is not taken into account. How many children can you handle if you are depressed? If you had parkinson's or multiple sclerosis that would be taken into account. The failure to see that mental illness involves the brain and its chemistry leads people to ignore the impact of these conditions on child rearing.
what is a woman with four children doing planning a fifth after suffering a post partum psychotic depression.
I am a bipolar I had one kid. I had plenty of help because I was aware of hypomanic rage, uncontrollable. If I'd have five I probably would have snapped.
I also think the father was irresponsible in planning for such a large family. And irresponsible in compounding the stress by having the children homeschooled. That was a recipe for disaster. And it happened.
A.
> > How many more lives will be lost before the world takes notice & makes mental health a PRIORITY, an issue to be dealt with & not swept under the rug? :o(
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> ^^^^^^^^^^
> "Who ya gonna call" for help? Certainly not the jackass who hee-haws in the Whitehouse at the present time.
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> kazoo
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