Table 2.
Clinical characteristics of the patient groups
| Bipolar disorder | ADHD | |
|---|---|---|
| Subdiagnosis (BPI/BPII/othera) | 55/37/11 | – |
| Attention deficitb | – | 62 (93)b |
| Hyperactivityb | – | 53 (86)c |
| N (%) | ||
| History of suicide attempt | 36 (36)c | 16 (28)d |
| History of psychosis | 53 (52)e | 1 (1)f |
| History of violence to others | 20 (20)e | 7 (13)g |
| History of anxiety disorder | 30 (29)e | 28 (41)h |
| History of addictive disorder | 32 (32)c | 6 (9)h |
| Mean (SD) | ||
| MADRS | 6 (6)i | – |
| YMRS | 1 (1)j | – |
| Lifetime number of manic episodes | 2 (3)e | – |
| Lifetime number of hypomanic episodes | 5 (9)e | – |
| Lifetime number of depressive episodes | 11 (14)c | – |
| Lifetime number of mixed episodes | 1 (4)e | – |
| GAFfunction | 67 (12)e | 65 (9)e |
| Pharmacological treatment | N (%) | |
| Lithium | 60 (58) | – |
| Lamotrigine | 21 (20) | 1 (1) |
| Valproate | 14 (14) | – |
| SSRI | 23 (22) | 13 (18) |
| SNRI | 9 (9) | 11 (15) |
| Other antidepressant | 16 (16) | 2 (3) |
| Central stimulant | – | 59 (82) |
| Antipsychotic | 29 (28) | 2 (3) |
aA bipolar disorder diagnosis but not fulfilling criteria for type I or II. b Fulfills ASRS-based criteria for A1 and A2, respectively. Missing data for c two, d eleven, e one, f five, g eighteen, h four, i nineteen, and j twenty individuals, respectively