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Bipolar Mania
My father is 50 years old and he is suffering from bipolar mania,depression.He gets violent with my mother and with me and my sisters too.He starts beating us inhumanly.We don't understand what makes him do such cruelty to us.Now my mother I'd planning to get divorce from him but he is continously torturing us by threatening my mother of murdering her.Is this possible that a patient of depression and bipolar can murder someone else because of his illness?
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Dr. A.Soujanya
Neuropsychiatrist
15 yrs exp
Visakhapatnam
Yes, there is a possibility
Their mental status may not be in their control
So they can't avoid.
Immediately, he needs consultation and needs to be stabilized.
Otherwise he would be dangerous to himself and others
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