Bipolardisordermayappear to be aproblem other thanmentalillness-forinstance, alcoholordrugabuse, poorschoolorworkperformance, orstrainedinterpersonalrelationships.
The NSPCC says hundreds of babies in Wales could be living in families where at least one parent suffers from mental health issues, drugoralcoholabuse.
In a written request for Mr Walker Lindh's release, defence lawyers said their client had no previous criminal record, no record of drugoralcoholabuse and no history of violent or dangerous conduct.
Some of the problems were the result of bad luck (unexpected illnesses, for instance), but more than half were related to behavior or lifestyle, and included relationship problems, drugoralcoholabuse, and money trouble.