title: Family involvement in Chinese immigrants with bipolar disorder in New Zealand.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the dynamic between Chinese people with bipolar disorder (BD) and family functioning.
  
  
  METHODS
  Nine New Zealand Chinese with BD were interviewed. Data analysis was guided by content and thematic approaches.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Four themes summarised from the interviews included: (1) family members are the primary resource; (2) many facets of recovery from BD is integrally linked with caregiving; (3) quality of family relationships is associated with acceptance of the illness; and (4) perception of caregiver burden motivates self-care.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings support the need for mechanism that can minimise the risk of adverse family functioning associated with BD and the need of professional involvement when working with these families.
authors: School of Pharmacy, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand. g.wang@auckland.ac.nz.
authors: Grace Y
authors: GY
authors: Wang
authors: Marcus
authors: M
authors: Henning
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People / Q000523:psychology*; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D017281:Cost of Illness; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019303:Multilingualism; D009520:New Zealand; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology; D012934:Social Isolation; D012944:Social Support; D055815:Young Adult