Articles
Coping Tips for Siblings and Adult Children of Persons with Mental Illness
NAMI
Helping a Friend
or Family Member with a Mood Disorder DBSA
DBSA(Depression and
Bipolar Support Alliance) Chapter and Support Group Directory Mostly
American and a few Canadian Chapters. Only 7 locations for the rest of the world
including 2 in Australia
The COPE Assisting Younger Family Members Guide PDF 15 pages. Good booklet.
Meeting
the Unique Concerns of Brothers and Sisters of Children with Special Needs
Defunct link replaced with new site. pdf format
Sibling Support Project Webpage
Sibling Support Handouts and Materials for Workshop One Pdf
Helping Children and Teens
Living With Mentally Ill Parents Medscape July 2002 ( not found)
Caregivers Handbook
this book is mostly directed towards the caregivers of the elderly but there are
many hints that would be helpful other caretaking situations.
Suggestions for Family Members Mood Disorders Society of Canada
CMHA-Coping with Stress
Index updated link
CMHA-Coping
with Stress 18 tips for Dealing with Stress and Tension updated link
Losing and Regaining Your
Self-Esteem Book How You Can Survive When They're Depressed Page
includes a short list of coping hints
Take Care of Yourself- You are
a Victim Too #8 on the Role of the Family Index Page. Ami Quebec
Site has both French and English version
Could you be a
stressed-out caregiver?
Coping
Skills Inventory (Test) queendom
Who cares for the carers
Short report on study done by the Institute of Psychiatry indicating that
although caregivers of a schizophrenic relative were no more likely than the
general population to suffer from mental illness, they were distressed.
They recommend that caregivers should be given the support they
deserve because they may be at risk themselves.
Caring For the Caregiver Psychport Mar.24, 2001 Sharma suggests
caregivers need more education about mental illness and more psychological
support, including counseling.
Family information for
helping a person who has high energy levels (mania) a few hints
Healthwise
Family information for
helping a depressed person Healthwise
Caregiver Diary pdf
printable form for keeping records of phone calls made and one for recording
significant behavoirs.
Universal
Therapy Poem
Famous
People with Bipolar Disorder Pendulum list
The
Challenge of Difficult Children large site
Resources on Teen and Family Issues
Focus Adolescent Services.
The BALMORAL Project Child & Adolescent Behavioral Resources.
List of Parenting resources I did for
another project
Preventing
Parent Burn Out: Model for Teaching Effective Coping Strategies to Parents of Children with Learning Disabilities While written for parents of
children with learning disabilities, this article has some good information for
parents of all special needs kids.
A Silver Lining Adolescent Bipolar
A letter written to the caretaker of the adolescent
Bipolar
Support Groups
Empower Family Members mentalwellness.com
Mesa- Family workshops
BPSO Mutual Education support and Advocacy sponsored by Nami Long Actual
course materials are reprinted here
Family to Family education program
Course teaches the knowledge and skills that
family members need to cope more effectively.
Psychiatric Illness and Family Stigma medscape
Family experiences
(this site)
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Online
Listservs and Support Groups |
| BPParent: On-line SUBSCRIBING
and UNSUBSCRIBING This is an extremely high volume support and information list for parents of BP kids. |
| BPSO Support for people involved with someone
who has bipolar disorder. They also have a support listserv. They do not accept
new members if list is full. Contact bpso-owner@ipl.co.uk. |
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The Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation
has a listserv. Click on sign-up link. This is a new group and so far the volume
has been minimal. Free but they ask for donations. |
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DBSA Online
Support Groups Although they say they have separate groups for
friends/family members, I was unable to see on the page what times they were
being held. |
| Bipolar Parents
Listserv for parents who have bipolar disorder and have children who also have
the disorder |
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Riders: A very low volume listserv. It is less of a support group than a place to
receive information on new sites, research, articles etc. The volume of other listservs can
be overwhelming and this one provides a way of keeping up without being inundated.
. To subscribe to the list, send the text "subscribe riders" in the
body of a message to majordomo@helpnet.org.uk
Note: The email address will soon change to riders@lugdunum.net |
| Psych Central (Dr. John Grohol) support
group resource page |
| Pendulum Resources Listserv
Page |
Books
The Burden of Sympathy: How Families Cope with Mental Illness
by David Karp (Oxford, New York):
Survival Strategies for Parenting Children with Bipolar
Disorder: Innovative parenting and counseling techniques for helping
children with bipolar disorder and the conditions that may occur with it” by
George T. Lynn M.A., M.P.A., C.M.H.C.
I'm Not Sick, I Don't Need Help Helping the
Seriously Mentally Ill Accept Treatment A Practical Guide for Families and
Therapists Dr. Xavier Amador site
(link is working now)
Transforming the Difficult Child: The Nurtured Heart Approach
Howard Glasser, M.A. Parenting Difficult Children
Healthyplace transcript.
Brandon and the
Bipolar Bear a book for young children
The Storm in my Brain
book for children pdf format DBSA
The following two books are also listed on the psychotherapy page:
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Bipolar Disorder by Monica Basco,
Ph.D. and A. John Rush, M.D. (Guilford Press, l996
Bipolar Disorder: A Family-Focused Treatment Approach by David J.
Miklowitz. and Michael J. Goldstein (Guilford Publications, Inc., l997).
Although this book is written for professionals, it can be used by families who
are unable to find a therapist who is willing to use this approach.
Not working
WebMD - From Our Sponsor Lilly - Concerned About a Loved One with Bipolar
Disorder It says that it will return someday
all links checked and working Oct 17,2000
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