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Amanda is a 31-year-old mother from Colorado. She has been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, anxiety, and borderline personality disorder. In this chapter she discusses the successes and challenges of being a mother, as well as her good relationship with her daughter despite living apart from each other.
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Stettenbenz, A. (2014). Be True to Yourself. In: Benders-Hadi, N., Barber, M. (eds) Motherhood, Mental Illness and Recovery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01318-3_15
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