The stigma associated with mental illness can cause harm to the parent and tends to work against any family. The type of family, such as a single-parent home or a nuclear family, will have different pressures on an ill parent. A nuclear family tends to have the support of a partner or spouse, while the single parent does not have the support of a spouse (Lauritzen, 2015). The worldview of mental illness connects to religious views of mental illness. The article will explore the stigma and religious aspects of mental illness. The last selection of the article will talk about policies that can help or hurt a parent with a mental health problem