Partners to people with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder also meet diagnostic criteria for mental disorder
Almost half of the parents who have children together with a parent with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, are themselves burdened by psychological issues. This can affect family life and the children. This is shown in the research result from the major Danish psychiatry project iPSYCH.
We typically choose a partner who resembles us in relation to social status, education and, to some extent, also income. Research has previously established this. A new study now shows that almost half of the parents who have children with a partner who suffers from schizophrenia or bipolar disorder themselves meet the criteria for a mental disorder. By comparison, this is 18 percent for parents in the control group.
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“It really, really affected my behavior at the end of college and after, where I tended to avoid all social interactions,” Raquel said. “I basically was home and then at work, and then home again. The things that I would gear up to do would be going to Target or going to Starbucks. I really, really, really limited my world.”
Post-graduation, Raquel was able to find a job that she loved and eventually got married, but it was another major life marker that finally forced her to deal with her mental health struggles: the birth of her daughter in April 2020.
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