Impact of Predominant Polarity on Long-term Outcome in Bipolar Disorder: a 7-Year Longitudinal Cohort Study
Bipolar Disorder (BD) is a severe and recurrent psychiatric disorder identified by periodic episodes of depressive and manic symptomatology. It affects approximately 2.4% of the population (Merikangas et al. 2011) and is associated with the highest suicide rate among psychiatric disorders (Goldstein, et al. 2012).
Source: Journal of Affective Disorders - Category: Neurology Authors: Gabriel Okawa Belizario, Michelle Silva, Beny Lafer Tags: Research paper Source Type: research