General Physical Health

• National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health (UK). Bipolar Disorder: The Management of Bipolar Disorder in Adults, Children and Adolescents, in Primary and Secondary Care. Outlines key priorities and recommendations for implementation of guidelines. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0015288/

• Minding Our Bodies Toolkit. The toolkit provides a range of resources to help organisations create physical activity and healthy eating programs for people with serious mental illnesses. For use by community agencies, consumer initiatives and any healthcare provider working with individuals with mental illness. http://mindingourbodies.ca/toolkit

Substance Use

• Integrated motivational interviewing and cognitive-behavioural therapy for bipolar disorder with comorbid substance use. This paper provides the first report of an integrated psychological treatment approach for bipolar disorder with comorbid substance use. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21898672

• Michalos, A.C. (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research: Mood Disorders and Sexuality. Mood disorders may have a strong impact on sexual quality of life. Sexual quality of life may be greatly decreased by the direct consequences of mood symptoms. Self-management strategies may better enable people with bipolar disorder to diminish the disorder’s impact on sexual health and wellbeing. http://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_3925