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I am 49 years old and bipolar. I have a friend, who is married to a medical professional, whose daughter is young and living outside the home. It is clear to us that the daughter has exhibited symptoms of bipolar illness. She resisted treatment for sometime but finally consented to see someone and found a counselor on her own, not a psychologist or psychiatrist, who within 3 visits said she is not bipolar and that she wouldn't want to have this illness anyway because it is so difficult. What do the parents do?

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