Bipolar disorder (BD) has significant individual and family consequences and is consistently managed in the family practice setting when there is a lack of specialty services. Family appears to be an underutilized resource and yet is consistently mentioned in current guidelines. This literature review was conducted to determine how family can be incorporated into the family practice setting to improve patient outcomes. A list of recommendations was developed to provide evidence-based rationale to primary care providers to integrate family into the psychosocial management. In doing so, this provides additional resources that are consistent with current recommendations and can support patients with BD.
