Being a child of a parent with a diagnosis of schizophrenia or bipolar disorder: A qualitative study
Children of people with a diagnosis of schizophrenia or bipolar disorder encounter great difficulties in coping with the symptoms of the disorders.
The study concluded that children of parents followed up for schizophrenia or bipolar disorder struggle with many individual and social difficulties. These children have feelings of fear, embarrassment, or anger with this life experience
Honestly, this pisses me off slightly. I hate how these studies make blanket statements like this. I don’t think the experiences of children with parents deep in psychoisis is going to be the same as those in recovery.
Yet, here this article is, saying that all children of people with schizophrenia or bipoloar disorder “encounter great difficulties in coping”…blah blah blah.
I don’t think this article is representive of all or accurate at all.
I mean, seriously, some people expect these articles to be accurate and here it is claiming it represents everyone based on 19, probably hand picked, children.
It’s an insult to the stable sz’s here with children and bipolar people, as well.
Yeah, someone who stable wouldn’t have their children constantly coping because of their parents condition. It’s almost like if the study had bipolar or schizophrenic people who were extremely unstable and unfit that decided to have kids.
Agreed. And honestly, any study that bases its results of 19 people in 2 categories, so maybe 10 people per condition, and concludes that it applies to everyone with these conditions, is garbage IMO.
It would be like me taking 10 people at random and because 7 out of 10 were female, concluding that 70% of the planet is female. Such a small sampling.
Yeah…… I hate this lol
I don’t think I’m an unfit parent.
I didn’t read the article but I assume from @Bowens comments that it is insinuating basically that parents with bipolar/schizophrenia are unfit… 
My daughter had no idea I had SZ until I told her in her later teens. I told her because she has the right to know she is at risk of it. She says I am a better parent than what most of her friends have.
That’s the coolest thing I read today 
@shutterbug
Ty. Well said. 15151515
It’s distressing seeing a parent go through any illness. Does not inherently mean we are unfit.