TABLE 1.

Baseline Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Patients Assigned to Acute Phase Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy Versus Intensive Clinical Management

Characteristic	Mean	SD
Age (years)	35.4	10.5
Education (years)	14.8	2.0
Number of prior manic episodes (median)	3
Number of prior depressive episodes (median)	4
HAM-D (17-item) score, depressed episode	19.0	4.1
HAM-D (25-item) score, depressed episode	24.8	4.3
HAM-D (17-item) score, manic or mixed episode	9.4	6.6
HAM-D (25-item) score, manic or mixed episode	10.5	7.5
Bech-Rafaelsen Mania Scale score, depressed episode	2.0	2.4
Bech-Rafaelsen Mania Scale score, manic or mixed episode	22.8	11.0
Global Assessment Scale score	48.2	9.1
Time spent in the acute phase of interpersonal and social rhythm therapy (weeks)	35.9	21.7
Time spent in the acute phase of intensive clinical management (weeks)	34.9	20.9
	N	%
Diagnosis of bipolar I disorder	116	93.0
Diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder, manic type	9	7.0
Male	51	40.8
White	117	93.6
Married	42	33.6