Gender Differences in Bipolar Disorder

Bipolar I disorder has comparable currency in men and women, whereas many studies have shown that there are more women than men with bipolar II disorder. Traditional epidemiologic studies give prevalence rates of 0.4–1.6% for bipolar I disorder and 0.5–1.9% for bipolar II disorder. Additional studies indicate that the prevalence of bipolar disorder II is even higher in the common […]