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Bipolar Disorder
Women with bipolar disorder do not have a higher rate of depressive episodes than men
March 2nd, 2006
A higher rate of depressive episodes was not seen in women with bipolar disorder compared to men, although other gender differences were evident. Investigators 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." C.F. Baldassano and colleagues of the University of Pennsylvania explained, "Participants are allowed to have medical and psychiatric comorbidities, and to enter in any mood state,...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-03-02)
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