Family Caregivers of Persons with Bipolar Disorder: Caregiver Demographics and Need and Preference for Intervention

The unpredictability of bipolar disorder is highly distressing for family caregivers, who differ in their needs and preferences for stress-reducing or educational interventions. Applying Ryan and Sawin's model, this study examined associations between caregiver demographics (age, gender, and race) as contextual factors and caregiver needs and preferences for three interventions as process factors within a preliminary descriptive analysis of 306 family caregivers from a randomized clinical trial. Caregiver needs for education about bipolar disorder, biofeedback, and Resourcefulness Training