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Bauer, M.S., McBride, L., Williford, W.O., Glick, H., Kinosian, B., Altshuler, L., Beresford, T., Kilbourne, A., & Sajatovic., M. (2006). Collaborative care for bipolar disorder: Part I. Intervention and implementation in a randomized effectiveness trial. Psychiatric Services, 57 (7), 927-936.

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Boschma, G. (2007). Accommodation and resistance to the dominant cultural discourse on psychiatric mental health: oral history accounts of family members. Nursing Inquiry, 14(4), 266-276.

Brennan, J.W. (1995). A short-term psychoeducational multiple-family group for bipolar disorder patients and their families. Social Work, 40(6), 737-743.

Cassidy, F., Krishnan, K., & Ranga, R. (2003). Social support in elderly patients with bipolar disorder. Bipolar Disorders, 5 (1), 22-27.

Chadda, R.K., Singh, R.B., & Ganguly, K.K. (2007). Caregiver burden and coping: A prospective study of relationship between burden and coping in caregivers of patients with schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder. Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology, 42, 923-930.

CMPMedica. (2009). A consumer’s guide to mental health services. Retrieved April 17, 2009, from http://www.healthieryou.com/consguide.html

Chafetz, L., White, M., Collins-Bride, G., Cooper, B.A., & Nickens, J. (2008). Clinical trial of wellness training: health promotion for severely mentally ill adults. Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease, 196 (6), 475-483.

Cohen, A., Hammen, C., Henry, R.M., & Daley, S.E. (2004). Effects of stress and social support on recurrence in bipolar disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders, 82 (1), 143-147

Colom, F., Vieta, E., Sanchez-Moreno, J., Goikolea, J.M., Popova, E., Bonnin, C.M., & Scott, J. (2009). Psychoeducation for bipolar II disorder: An exploratory, 5-year outcome subanalysis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 112 (1-3), 30-35.

Connor, S., & Wilson, R. (2006). It's important that they learn from us for mental health to progress. Journal of Mental Health, 15(4), 461-474.

Davies, M.A., McBride, L., & Sajatovic, M. (2008). The collaborative care practice model in the long-term care of individiuals with bipolar disorder: A case study. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 15 (8), 649-653.

Fast, J.A., & Preston, J.D. (2004). Loving someone with bipolar disorder: Understanding & helping your partner. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, Inc.

Finkelman, A.W. (2000). Self-management for the psychiatric patient at home. Home Care Provider, 5(3), 95-103.

Goossens, P.J.J., Knoppert-Van Der Klein, E.A.M., & van Achterberg, T. (2008). Family caregiving in bipolar disorder: Caregiver consequences, caregiver coping styles, and caregiver distress. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 54 (4), 303-316.

Goossens, P.J.J., Knoppert-Van Der Klein, E.A.M., Kroon, H., & Van Achterberg, T. (2007). Self-reported care needs of outpatients with bipolar disorder in the Netherlands. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 14 (6), 549-557.

Guterrez-Rojas, L., Gurpegui, M., Ayuso-Mateos, J.L., Gutierrez-Ariza, J.A., Ruiz-Veguilla, M., & Jurado, D. (2008). Quality of life in bipolar disorder patients: a comparison with a general population sample. Bipolar disorders, 10 (5), 625-634.

Hill, R.G., Shepherd, G., & Hardy, P. (1998). In sickness and in health: the experiences of friends and relatives caring for people with manic depression. Journal of Mental Health, 7(6), 611-620.

Johnson, L.., Lundstrom, O., Aberg-Wistedt, A., & Mathe, A.A. (2003). Social support in bipolar disorder: Its relevance to remission & relapse. Bipolar disorders, 5 (2), 129-137.

Johnson, S.L., Winett, C.A., Meyer, B., Greenhouse, W.J., & Miller, I. (1999). Social support and the course of bipolar disorder. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 108 (4), 558-566.

Judd, L.L., Schettler, P.J., Solomon, D.A., Maser, J.D., Coryell, W., Endicott, J., & Akiskal, H.S. (2008). Psychosocial disability and work role function compared across the long-term course of bipolar disorder I, bipolar disorder II and unipolar major depressive disorders. Journal of Affective Disorders, 108(1-2), 49-58.

Justo, L.P., Soares, B.G.O., & Calil, H.M. (2007). Family interventions for bipolar disorder. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 4.

Kilbourne, A.M., Biswas, K., Pirraglia, P.A., Sajatovic, M., Williford, W.O., & Bauer, M.S. (2009). Is the collaborative chronic care model effective for patients with bipolar disorders and co-occurring conditions? Journal of Affective Disorders, 112(1-3), 256-261.

Komaroff, A.L. (Ed.) (2008). Improving outcomes in bipolar disorder. Harvard Mental Health Letter, 24(12)1-3.

Lamberg, L. (2003). Online empathy for mood disorders: patients turn to Internet support groups. JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 289(23), 3073-3074, 3077.

Meehl, D., & Meehl, M. (2005). Friends and family bipolar survival guide: Surviving today, thriving tomorrow. Gilbert, AZ: Meehl Foundation Press.

Miklowitz, D.J., Goodwin, G.M., Bauer, M.S., & Geddes, J.R. (2008). Common and specific elements of psychosocial treatments for bipolar disorder: a survey of clinicians participating in randomized trials. Journal of Psychiatric Practice, 14(2), 77-85.

Morel, V., Chatton, A., Cochand, S., Zullino, D., & Khazaal, Y. (2008). Quality of web-based information in bipolar disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders, 110 (3), 265-269.

Morris, C., D., Miklowitz, D., Wisniewski, S.R., Giese, A.A., Thomas, M.R., & Allen, M.H. (2005). Care satisfaction, hope, and life functioning among adults with bipolar disorder: Data from the first 1000 participants in the Systematic Treatment Enhancement Program. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 46 (2), 98-104.

Noseworthy, T., Musto, R., & Robinson, A. (2008). Calgary institute for population & public health: Toward a strategic plan. Draft 3. Alberta Health Services (Calgary Health Region) & University of Calgary.

Perlick, D.A., Rosenheck, R.A., Miklowitz, D.J., Kaczynski, R., Link, B., Ketter, T., Wisniewski, S., Wolff, N., & Sachs, G. (2008). Caregiver burden and health in bipolar disorder: a cluster analytic approach. Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease, 196 (6), 484-491.

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Russell, S. (2008). Role of a 'stay well' approach in the management of bipolar disorder. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 42 (7), 551-554,

Russell, S., & Browne, J. (2005). Staying well with bipolar disorder. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 39, 187-193.

Sachs, G.S. (2008). Psychosocial interventions as adjunctive therapy for bipolar disorder. Journal of Psychiatric Practice, 14 (Suppl 2), 39-44.

Simon, G. (2009). Collaborative care for mood disorders. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 22(1), 37-41.

Straughan, H., & Buckenham, M. (2006). In-Sight: an evaluation of user-led, recover-based, holistic group training for bipolar disorder. Journal of Public Mental Health, 5 (2), 29-43.

Tranvåg, O., & Kristoffersen, K. (2008). Experience of being the spouse/cohabitant of a person with bipolar affective disorder: a cumulative process over time. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 22(1), 5-18.

Williams, J.W. & Manning, S.J. (2008). Collaborative mental health and primary care for bipolar disorder. Journal of Psychiatric Practice, 14 (2), 55-64

Woolis, R. (2003). When someone you love has a mental illness: A handbook for family, friends

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