Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the sample

	IBER (n = 28)	TAU (n = 29)	Total (n = 57)
Demographics
Mean age in years (SD)	46.0 (12,2)	45.5 (12.8)	45.7 (12.4)
Female (%)	64.3	72.4	68.4
White british (%)	82.1	93.1	87.7
Age left formal education	18.1 (3.7)	17.0 (1.9)	17.6 (3.0)
Currently employed (%)	50.0	55.1	52.6
Primary diagnosis
Bipolar I disorder	53.6	44.8	49.1
Bipolar II disorder	46.2	55.2	50.9
Psychiatric history
Prior psychiatric hospitalization (%)	64.0	65.4	64.7
Mean number of prior admissions	2.1 (1.6)	4.2 (5.4)	3.2 (4.1)
Mean age at first contact with mental health services	25.6 (11.3)	25.3 (11.5)	25.5 (11.3)
Prescribed mood stabilisers (%)	88.0	85.2	86.5