Hi

There would be a couple points at which your mental health might impact the process. First, is getting through the approval process. Second, birth families get information on prospective adoptive parents and get some input in choosing a family. Information on the health of potential adoptive parents is included in the information for birth families. Birth families may have concerns about a parent with mental health issues, so it is important to describe how the illness is controlled (if it is) and what you do as a couple if one person is not well.

Hope this helps,

k