Terms of Service

Last updated: June 25, 2026

These Terms of Service explain the rules and limitations for using Caring for Someone With Bipolar Disorder, located at caringforsomeonewithbipolar.com.

This website provides educational and caregiver support content for spouses, parents, grandparents, adult children, family members, and loved ones supporting someone with bipolar disorder.

1. Educational Purpose Only

The content on this website is for general educational and caregiver support purposes only. It is not medical advice, mental health treatment, therapy, diagnosis, legal advice, financial advice, crisis support, or emergency assistance.

We may discuss topics such as communication, boundaries, caregiver burnout, family stress, crisis planning, manic episodes, refusal of help, and general information about bipolar disorder. This information is not a substitute for professional care.

2. No Professional Relationship

Using this website, reading articles, downloading resources, joining an email list, clicking links, or contacting us does not create a doctor-patient, therapist-client, counselor-client, attorney-client, or other professional relationship.

You should consult qualified professionals for medical, mental health, legal, safety, financial, or emergency decisions.

3. Emergency and Crisis Situations

4. No Medical Advice

We do not diagnose, treat, cure, prevent, or manage bipolar disorder or any other medical or mental health condition.

We do not provide medication advice, treatment plans, clinical recommendations, therapy, or individualized mental health guidance. Any decisions about diagnosis, medication, therapy, hospitalization, safety planning, or treatment should be made with qualified healthcare and mental health professionals.

5. Caregiver Content and Personal Responsibility

Our articles may include examples of words to say, boundary scripts, questions to ask, safety planning ideas, printable tools, or caregiver reflection prompts.

These resources are general examples only. They may not be appropriate for every relationship, family, culture, legal situation, medical condition, or safety concern.

You are responsible for deciding how to use the information on this website and for seeking professional support when needed.

6. Sensitive Personal Information

Please do not submit sensitive personal, medical, legal, financial, or emergency information through this website.

Do not send medical records, private health details, full names of loved ones, identifying details about another person, legal documents, threats, crisis information, or urgent safety concerns through contact forms, comments, or email.

7. Comments and User Submissions

If comments, contact forms, email replies, surveys, or submissions are enabled, you agree not to submit content that is abusive, threatening, illegal, defamatory, hateful, spam, promotional, misleading, unsafe, or invasive of another person’s privacy.

We may remove, edit, or refuse to publish any submission at our discretion.

Submitting a comment, message, suggestion, or feedback does not guarantee a response.

8. Intellectual Property

All content on this website, including articles, text, images, graphics, printables, checklists, guides, downloads, branding, and page layouts, is owned by or licensed to Caring for Someone With Bipolar Disorder, unless otherwise stated.

You may read and share links to our public pages for personal, non-commercial use.

You may not copy, reproduce, republish, sell, redistribute, scrape, upload, or modify our content without written permission.

9. Printables, Downloads, and Digital Resources

If this website offers free or paid printables, checklists, guides, worksheets, ebooks, or digital resources, they are provided for personal educational use only unless stated otherwise.

You may not resell, redistribute, upload, share publicly, or claim these resources as your own.

Digital resources are not therapy, medical advice, legal advice, diagnosis, treatment, crisis support, or emergency planning services.

10. Affiliate Links and Future Monetization

This website may contain affiliate links in the future. If you click an affiliate link and make a purchase, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.

Affiliate links, sponsored content, advertisements, or product mentions do not change the educational nature of this website. Any product, book, tool, printable, or resource mentioned on this site should not be considered medical treatment, therapy, diagnosis, or a guaranteed solution.

For more details, please read our Affiliate Disclosure.

11. External Links

This website may include links to third-party websites, organizations, products, books, services, tools, or resources.

These links are provided for convenience and educational purposes only. We are not responsible for the content, accuracy, availability, privacy practices, policies, products, or services of third-party websites.

Visiting external websites is at your own risk.

12. Advertising and Third-Party Tools

This website may use third-party tools such as analytics, advertising networks, affiliate programs, contact forms, email platforms, spam protection, hosting services, or embedded content.

These third-party services may collect or process information according to their own terms and privacy policies.

For more details, please read our Privacy & Cookies Policy.

13. No Guarantees

We do our best to provide careful, compassionate, and responsible content. However, we do not guarantee that any information on this website is complete, current, accurate, or appropriate for your specific situation.

We do not guarantee that using this website, reading an article, downloading a resource, or following a script will prevent conflict, improve a relationship, stop a crisis, change another person’s behavior, or produce any specific outcome.

14. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Caring for Someone With Bipolar Disorder and its owners, authors, contributors, affiliates, and partners are not liable for any loss, harm, injury, damages, crisis, decision, or outcome related to your use of this website or reliance on its content.

You use this website at your own discretion and risk.

15. Indemnification

You agree to hold harmless Caring for Someone With Bipolar Disorder, its owners, authors, contributors, affiliates, and partners from any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, or expenses resulting from your use of this website, your violation of these Terms, or your misuse of the content.

16. Changes to the Website

We may update, remove, revise, or discontinue any part of this website at any time without notice.

We may also update these Terms of Service from time to time. The “Last updated” date at the top of this page will show when the Terms were most recently revised.

17. Governing Law

These Terms are intended to be interpreted according to applicable laws. Because this website is accessible from different locations, your local laws may also apply depending on your location and circumstances.

If you need legal advice about your rights, responsibilities, caregiving situation, safety concerns, custody issues, finances, or relationship decisions, please consult a qualified attorney in your area.

18. Contact

If you have questions about these Terms of Service, please contact us through our Contact page.