Journal article
Bipolar disorder prevalence: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Bipolar disorder (BD) is common in clinical psychiatric practice, and several studies have estimated its prevalence to range from 0.5 to 5% in community-based samples. However, no systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence of BD type 1 and type 2 has been published in the literature. We carried out a systematic review and meta-analysis of the lifetime and 1-year prevalence of BD type 1 and type 2 and assessed whether the …
Authors
Clemente AS; Diniz BS; Nicolato R; Kapczinski FP; Soares JC; Firmo JO; Castro-Costa É
Journal
Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 155–161
Publisher
EDITORA SCIENTIFIC
Publication Date
2015
DOI
10.1590/1516-4446-2012-1693
ISSN
1516-4446