Three cheers for your relative! Did s/he also give you the link for the Bipolar Disorder Forum? It's at http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum38.html
Look around, introduce yourself, & as one of our members says, kick your shoes off & stay awhile.

As you might guess, most of us are struggling with our dis-ease of being bipolar. We don't do a lot of philosophizing about educating the public. It's hard to worry what the neighbors think when you're in daily, hand-to-hand combat for your health & quality of life. But feel free to run it up the flag pole, etc.

Let us know what you need--navigation help, whatever. Besides all the information available, there're people to meet & friends to be made--if that's of any interest.

See you over at the BAD forum .
C.G.