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How to support an adult child with mental health issues

My adult son struggles with depression and anxiety and I do not know when helping him is support versus when it is preventing him from learning to manage his own mental health.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The complex balance between providing necessary support for genuine mental health challenges and avoiding the creation of learned helplessness.

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