Parenting an Adult Child with Bipolar Disorder in Later Life

Overview

Journal J Nerv Ment Dis

Specialties Neurology
Psychiatry

Date 2009 May 15

PMID 19440101

Citations 11

Authors

Kelly A Aschbrenner

Jan S Greenberg

Marsha M Seltzer

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Abstract

This study extends prior research on family caregiving in mental illness by investigating late-life parenting of adult children with bipolar disorder using a randomly selected community-based sample. The health and mental health, psychological well-being, marriage, work-life, and social resources of 145 parents of adult children with bipolar disorder were examined when parents were in their mid-60s. Stratified random sampling procedures were used to select a comparison group whose children did not have disabilities. Results indicate that parents of adult children with bipolar disorder had a more compromised profile of health and mental health, and experienced more difficulties in marriage and work-life than comparison parents. Furthermore, parents of adult children with bipolar disorder who were diagnosed with mental illness before the onset of their child's symptoms were more vulnerable on multiple dimensions of mental health, psychological well-being, and work-life than parents without a preexisting mental illness.

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