Dealing Bipolar Family Member

Having a family member with bipolar disorder can be a challenge and takes patience and compassion. In coping with a family member’s bipolar disorder, it is important to support your family member, take care of yourself physically and emotionally, and educate yourself about bipolar disorder.

Topics that explained:

* Understand family member’s behaviors
* Support family member
* Monitor medication compliance
* Assist during manic/hypomanic episode
* Plan for a crisis
* Help family member avoid triggers
* Exercise compassion
* Practice empathy
* Focus your own mental health
* Consider professional help
* Bipolar disorder is biologically based condition
* Different symptoms of bipolar disorder
* How bipolar disorder is treated
* Gain education on the typical effects of bipolar disorder on the family