Abstract:Background: Patients with bipolar disorder (BD) differ in their relative predominance of types of episodes, yielding predominant polarity, which has important treatment implications. However, few prospective studies of predominant polarity exist.
Methods:In the Jorvi Bipolar Study (JoBS), a regionally representative cohort of 191 BD I and BD II in-and outpatients was followed for five years using life-chart methodology. Differences between depressive (DP), manic (MP), and no predominant polarity (NP) groups we… Show more
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