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How to evaluate parental fitness when mental illness is managed but unpredictable

My daughter is bipolar and doing well on medication but wants her son back and I have seen her go off her pills before and I do not know if I should trust this time.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Mental health stability appears temporary and voluntary, creating impossible predictions about future safety and parental capability.

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