Is mental illness familial or am i just blessed with a mad family?!


Question: There is definitely a genetic factor.


Answers: There is definitely a genetic factor.

It can be familial and can also be ones environment - face it, we all have mad families...

if you join my family you will be blessed insane not ill
though,.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mental illness is caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors.

So are you saying 'it's not me , it's everybody else'?
That's worrying!!

All families seem mad from the inside but normal from the outside,except a few that really are mad.

both

Bipolar disorder is considered about 60% genetic and 40% environment. Depression and Schizophrenia about 50 - 50. Also, if a parent(s) has one of these disorders, they may not be as good of parents, and so the environment may be stressful, thus providing a strong kick in the environment department. So if you have a genetic tendency towards bipolar, and you live a stree free life, then you may not get it. But if you have bad parents, or maybe mom dies, or could be even your dog, you can get it. Also, experimental drug use as a teen could be an environmental insult.

My whole family (I have 5 siblings) has bipolar disorder or depression, pretty much. But none of us had children, so our family dies with our generation.

both. Genetics and environment play a role in it.





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