I get questioned occasionally as to why I’m a member of the The Balanced Mind Foundation when my child does not have Bipolar Disorder.  Tim has – and it’s a long diagnosis – Schizoaffective Disorder, Bipolar Type.  His condition shares many symptoms of Bipolar Disorder, specifically periods of mania and depression.  But what frightens people about schizophrenic disorders – the constant that is the hallmark of schizophrenic disorders – does sometimes occur