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Bipolar Disorder
Gender differences discovered in bipolar disorder
November 17th, 2005
Gender differences were discovered in bipolar disorder, but women did not have higher rates of lifetime depressive episodes, as has been previously reported. Scientists in the United States conducted a study "To examine gender differences in a large sample of patients with bipolar illness." They performed an "Exploratory analysis of baseline data from the first 500 patients in the Systematic Treatment Enhancement Program for Bipolar Disorder (STEP-BD), a multi-center NIMH project." "Participants are allowed to have medical and psychiatric comorbidities, and to enter in any mood state, thus making the population more generalizable than many research...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-11-17)
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