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Dareia is a 30-year-old mother from Finland. She is a mother of three who has been diagnosed with depression and anxiety. In this chapter, she describes being physically separated from one child who is being raised in Finland, the impact of multiple relationships, and her struggles with being a single parent in the context of symptoms of mental illness.
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Figueroa, D. (2014). The Best Mother I Can Be. In: Benders-Hadi, N., Barber, M. (eds) Motherhood, Mental Illness and Recovery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01318-3_35
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