Table 5.
Lifetime and 12-month treatment of DSM-IV/CIDI bipolar disorder (BPD)
| Any BPD | BP-I | BP-II | Sub-threshold BPD | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | (se) | % | (se) | % | (se) | % | (se) | χ2 | |
| I. Lifetime Treatment | |||||||||
| Psychiatrist | 44.8 | (2.7) | 64.9 | (5.0) | 62.2 | (5.5) | 28.2 | (3.2) | 30.1* |
| Other mental health | 42.3 | (2.8) | 57.2 | (6.0) | 52.0 | (4.8) | 31.5 | (4.0) | 13.3* |
| Any mental health | 59.3 | (2.8) | 72.3 | (4.6) | 78.8 | (5.2) | 44.8 | (4.3) | 17.9* |
| General medical | 44.8 | (2.7) | 53.3 | (5.4) | 52.7 | (5.1) | 37.5 | (3.2) | 10.5* |
| Human services | 23.0 | (2.1) | 28.4 | (4.4) | 27.5 | (4.5) | 18.6 | (2.7) | 7.4* |
| CAM | 26.0 | (2.8) | 37.0 | (5.1) | 31.8 | (5.5) | 18.7 | (2.8) | 17.4* |
| Any | 80.1 | (1.8) | 89.2 | (3.4) | 95.0 | (2.3) | 69.3 | (3.1) | 30.8* |
| (n) | (416) | (101) | (105) | (210) | |||||
| II. Twelve-month Treatment | |||||||||
| Psychiatrist | 18.3 | (1.8) | 35.2 | (4.9) | 26.2 | (3.9) | 7.6 | (2.0) | 26.0* |
| Other mental health | 22.2 | (1.7) | 35.4 | (4.7) | 26.7 | (3.9) | 14.6 | (2.2) | 17.8* |
| Any mental health | 29.2 | (1.9) | 46.1 | (4.6) | 39.0 | (4.6) | 17.5 | (2.6) | 30.0* |
| General medical | 25.4 | (2.3) | 27.6 | (4.8) | 33.8 | (6.0) | 20.6 | (3.1) | 4.4 |
| Human services | 10.9 | (1.7) | 15.9 | (3.0) | 10.9 | (4.1) | 8.9 | (2.1) | 3.6 |
| CAM | 10.6 | (1.8) | 17.3 | (4.1) | 15.6 | (3.9) | 5.5 | (1.7) | 14.0* |
| Any | 50.7 | (2.6) | 67.3 | (3.8) | 65.8 | (5.8) | 36.7 | (3.4) | 42.0* |
| (n) | (262) | (65) | (74) | (123) | |||||
*
Significant difference across the three BPD subgroups at the .05 level, two-sided test
1Treatment either for mania/hypomania or for MDE