The Increasing Frequency of Mania and Bipolar Disorder: Causes and Potential Negative Impacts

ABSTRACTThe frequency of mania has not changed during the last century even with the development of new diagnostic criteria sets. More specifically, from the mid-1970s to 2000, the rate of mania (variably labeled major affective disorder–bipolar disorder and bipolar I disorder) was consistently iden...

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Veröffentlicht in:The journal of nervous and mental disease 2012-05, Vol.200 (5), p.380-387
Hauptverfasser: Yutzy, Sean H, Woofter, Chad R, Abbott, Christopher C, Melhem, Imad M, Parish, Brooke S
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:ABSTRACTThe frequency of mania has not changed during the last century even with the development of new diagnostic criteria sets. More specifically, from the mid-1970s to 2000, the rate of mania (variably labeled major affective disorder–bipolar disorder and bipolar I disorder) was consistently identified in US and international studies as ranging from 0.4% to 1.6%. By the late 1990s to the 2000s, the prevalence reported by some researchers for bipolar disorders (I and II and others) was in the 5% to 7% and higher ranges. The purpose of this paper was to review explanations for this change and the potentially negative impacts on the field.
ISSN:0022-3018
1539-736X
DOI:10.1097/NMD.0b013e3182531f17