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Parents with bipolar disorder (BD) prioritize parenting over genetic risk for their children. They experience guilt and self-stigmatization, actively monitor their children, and have mixed feelings about research participation.

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  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Mental Health Research
  • Family Studies

Background:

  • Bipolar disorder (BD) poses genetic risks to offspring.
  • High-risk family studies often focus on children, with less attention to the parental perspective.
  • Understanding parents' experiences is crucial for effective family-centered research and support.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore how parents with bipolar disorder perceive genetic risks to their children.
  • To understand parents' feelings about their children participating in high-risk family studies.
  • To identify parental concerns and coping mechanisms related to hereditary risks.

Main Methods:

  • Qualitative semi-structured interviews with 14 parents diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
  • Inductive qualitative content analysis of verbatim transcripts.
  • Data saturation achieved through ongoing data collection.

Main Results:

  • Five key themes emerged: parenting prioritized over genetics, parental guilt, self-stigmatization, intrafamilial communication challenges, and reflections on research participation.
  • Parents acted as 'Bipolar Detectives,' monitoring children's mental health.
  • Subtle gender differences noted in parental reflections.

Conclusions:

  • Parents with BD emphasize their parenting role, downplaying genetic risks.
  • Addressing parental fears and providing communication guidance is essential when involving high-risk families in research.
  • While research participation was generally viewed positively, concerns about child pathologization were raised.