Hello Dr. My question is to psychologist and psychiatrist. If anyone of parent has mental illness or had mental illness like depression ocd or any other illness then the child of their also suffers from mental illness? And what precautions we can take while pregnancy so that the child won't get mental illness becoz of genetics.

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