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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Raise your child in an environment that is encouraging of honesty about feelings, don’t brush off warning signs, have a family culture of medical compliance (I.e let your child see you take your vitamins at the same time Every Day). In other words what you would probably do to support your child’s mental health anyway. [/quote]

+1. I would specifically suggest that you take a look at the work being done to intervene when people have first psychotic breaks. There is preparatory stuff you can do that will substantially increase the odds of successful treatment (even with today’s flawed tools) and at the very least mental health education won’t do harm.[/quote]

Unfortunately many mental health disorders come along with non-compliance to medication. It isn't about will, it's about the mental disorder itself. Using the perspective of a mentally healthy person to project onto an unwell one that is medicated still isn't the same thing.[/quote]

PP here. I am somewhat LOL that you think I have to be told this. All I can tell you is that there are interventions of this sort that are showing results, and it’s worth looking into them before a first episode.

OP, tbh, in your shoes, I probably would much more seriously consider an abortion. But failing that I would get very curious about mad pride and other patient-led support/advocacy organizations for people with mental health diagnoses. Not like it needs to be your second job, but you should know what is out there and not have to dive in facefirst in 20 years.[/quote]

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