Statistics on bipolar disorder.
- People with bipolar disorder, on average, suffer 10 years before receiving treatment and only 49% of bipolar individuals receive treatment. 1
- The average age of American bipolar disorder onset is 25 years old 2
- 83% of bipolar cases are considered severe. 3
- More than 66% of people with bipolar disorder have one or more relatives with bipolar disorder or clinical depression 4
- Bipolar individuals’ average bipolar episodes last 3 – 6 months 6
- The bipolar suicide rate is 60 times higher than that of the general public and one in five people with bipolar disorder commits suicide. 8,7
- Bipolar disorder is the 4th-highest reason for disability WebM.D. AND 200,000 people with bipolar disorder are homeless 9
- 69% of bipolar patients are mis-diagnosed at least 3.5 times 10
- 10% of bipolar disorder patients have onset of symptoms in their 40s-50s 11
- Bipolar relapse rate 80% within 2 years without meds
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