Credit @ Claire Merchlinsky
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Did Something Happen to Mom When She Was Young?
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published by POLITICO, United States
published by POLITICO, United States
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In 1986, when David Whelan was just a baby, his mother Joan had her first psychotic break. Throughout David’s childhood, Joan spent time in institutions and eventually was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. David always wondered whether something in her past had triggered it; all he knew was that his mother had been adopted from Greece when she was young, and that something tragic had happened to her parents.
Further Credits:
- Editor: Patrick Caldwell
- Illustration: Claire Merchlinsky
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