Actually it may be a form of narcissim which is a personality disorder. There can be conditions where a mother becomes over-protective of her children, or never feels that any girl is "good enough" for them. This could be due to relationship issues in her own past. Sometimes parents feel so insecure about being left alone in their later years that they do everything they can to keep their children from marrying and moving away.
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Prevalence is about 50/50.
They were sent to various mental hospitals for treatment of their mental illnesses and if that was not successful were grieviously undermined by the social ineptitude of the lower socio-economic class.
Seasonal affective disorder, while not an official category of mental illness listed by the American Psychiatric Association, is estimated to affect 10 million Americans, most of whom are women.
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It looks like that. Peter Sutcliffe is serving a whole-life term for the murder of 13 women and the attempted murder of seven others, but his lawyers claim his mental illness should be considered.
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nearly 87% of women have had incestuous relationships....
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