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Patients' psychiatric history |
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| Characteristic |
Results |
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| Age at onset of mood symptoms, mean ± SD (range): |
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| Age at first symptoms of bipolar disorder |
29.7 ± 11.1 (2–77) years |
| Age at onset of manic or mixed episodes |
31.4 ± 11.8 (2–77) years |
| Age at onset of depressive episodes |
31.3 ± 11.9 (0–74) years |
| Age at start of treatment mean ± SD (range): |
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| Age at first treatment of mood symptoms |
31.3 ± 10.9 (13–74) years |
| Age at first contact with psychiatric services |
32.9 ± 12.0 (13–74) years |
| Age of first admission for psychiatric symptoms |
32.9 ± 12.2 (0–79) years |
| Psychiatric services used in the past 12 months, mean ± SD (range): |
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| Number of admissions due to bipolar disorders |
1.1 ± 3.8 (0–61) |
| Number of days in inpatient facility |
10.7 ± 20.3 (0–148) |
| Number of days in day care |
5.2 ± 25.0 (0–300) |
| Number of outpatients consultations |
10.6 ± 13.5 (0–100) |
| Number (%) of Alcohol users/abusers/dependents. |
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| Users |
129 (23.3) |
| Abusers |
42 (7.6) |
| Dependant |
4 (0.7) |
| Number (%) of Cannabis: users/abusers/dependents |
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| Users |
30 (5.5) |
| Abusers |
13 (2.4) |
| Dependant |
2 (0.4) |
| Number (%) of other substances users/abusers/dependents |
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| Users |
8 (1.4) |
| Abusers |
10 (1.8) |
| Dependant |
2 (0.4) |
Bellantuono et al. BMC Psychiatry 2007 7:33 doi:10.1186/1471-244X-7-33 |
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