The main purpose of this list is to give those who care about someone who is Bipolar (manic-depressive) a place to share and receive tips, feedback, and support on dealing with the situations and problems that are unique to Bipolar Families. By keeping this list closed to all but Michigan Bipolar Families and Mental Health Professionals we may be able to help each other better with referrals to doctors and therapists who routinely work with Bipolar patients and to help each other navigate our Michigan government system so we may get the most benefit of our tax dollars. Persons having BP are considered to be persons having a disability and therefore entitled to certain legal rights. There are MANY Michigan links- phone numbers, websites, emails, etc for your use (click on bookmarks and database) on our webpage-http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MichiganBipolarFamilies/. More are being added daily. Feel free to add your own!

We will allow off topic "conversation" posts that have nothing to do with BP as long as they are labeled OT in the subject line- this way those who are here only for BP information can more easily skip over those posts. Poems, stories, jokes and the like are encouraged- especially if they are written by or pertain to Bipolars. Chain letters and virus warnings (real or not), are NOT welcome on the Michigan Bipolar Family Support Group email list. No flaming will be tolerated - period.