How can families with bipolar patient get help?
Having a family member with bipolar disorder is a serious burden. It is important to ask external help. Ask mental health care professionals, such as psychologists, psychiatric social workers and psychiatric nurses for advice on how to cope with a family member with bipolar disorder. Speak about how you feel with your doctor. Family members or caregivers may need psychological help themselves. The best way to decrease the burden, however, is to make sure that the patients are loyal to their therapy. When properly treated, people with bipolar will have a much more stable mood, and become less of a burden to their families and caregivers.
