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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 669460" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Mental illness often has a genetic basis. Brain development is also affected by how we are raised. If a person has latent tendencies toward mental illness, and is raised in a highly dysfunctional family, the chances of mental illness showing up increase. <em>But it may have just shown up anyway. Or he may have been able to "hide" it for a number of years.</em> The challenge is how to get professional help at this stage - when he has the legal right to refuse all treatment.</p><p> </p><p></p><p>As a parent - it's really hard to have to choose between to kids. I know - I had to do it. But for me, the one who is still a minor takes priority over an adult who is refusing all help. Your daughter needs to be protected. She needs to be given more of you than you have been able to give for a while. You are not setting boundaries to protect yourself - you are doing this to protect <em>your daughter</em>. You are responsible to do this for her, to give her the best possible outcome from this point forward. If there are then ways you can still help your son, fine. But her needs come first, in my opinion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 669460, member: 11791"] Mental illness often has a genetic basis. Brain development is also affected by how we are raised. If a person has latent tendencies toward mental illness, and is raised in a highly dysfunctional family, the chances of mental illness showing up increase. [I]But it may have just shown up anyway. Or he may have been able to "hide" it for a number of years.[/I] The challenge is how to get professional help at this stage - when he has the legal right to refuse all treatment. As a parent - it's really hard to have to choose between to kids. I know - I had to do it. But for me, the one who is still a minor takes priority over an adult who is refusing all help. Your daughter needs to be protected. She needs to be given more of you than you have been able to give for a while. You are not setting boundaries to protect yourself - you are doing this to protect [I]your daughter[/I]. You are responsible to do this for her, to give her the best possible outcome from this point forward. If there are then ways you can still help your son, fine. But her needs come first, in my opinion. [/QUOTE]
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