Objective: To describe the experiences of people with bipolar disorder with primary care and
specialist mental health services. Design and setting: Focus groups and indepth interviews …

Objective: Rarely has validated information on chronic medical comorbidity been presented
for persons with bipolar disorder. To deliver appropriate health services, it is important to …

OBJECTIVE: This study was aimed at evaluating general medical burden in a group of 111
patients with bipolar I disorder. METHODS: Data were drawn from participants entering the …

Objective: To assess the experience of selected individuals living with bipolar disorder and
compare this experience with that of a similar group of individuals sampled in 1992. Method …

Objective To estimate the excess costs associated with bipolar disorders in Australia, based
on prevalence (using the Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ)) and associated excess …

Objective: To develop a cost model that estimates the total and per case lifetime cost of
bipolar disorder for 1998 incident cases in the US. Study design: Lifetime cost simulation …

Objective: From 40% to 65% of patients with bipolar disorder are estimated to have
diagnoses of one or more comorbid conditions. The purpose of this study was to identify …

Comorbidity is the rule, not the exception, in bipolar disorder. The most common mental
disorders that co-occur with bipolar disorder in community studies include anxiety …

Bipolar disorder is a major psychiatric disorder. The lifetime prevalence for the classic type 1
bipolar disorder, diagnosed according to DSM-IIIR, and characterized by at least one manic …

BACKGROUND: While there have been many studies comparing direct and indirect costs
engendered individually and nationally by those with unipolar (UP) and bipolar (BP) …