Comorbid Relationship Effects On Psychosocial Functioning In Bipolar Disorder
Impairments in psychosocial functioning are demonstrated in 30%–60% of adults with bipolar disorder. The majority of studies investigating the effect of comorbid mental health disorders and age at onset outcomes in bipolar disorder have focused on traditional outcome measures such as mood symptoms, mortality, and treatment response. In “Predictors of Psychosocial Outcome of Bipolar Disorder: Data From The Stanley Foundation Bipolar Network,” published in the International Journal of Bipolar Disorders in December 2019, Francis Bennett et al. investigated the impact …
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