Table 2.

Clinical Characteristics of Each Mood Episode

	Total n=775	Mood Episode
		Remission n=398	Depressive Episode n=268	Manic Episode n=50	Mixed Episode n=59
Sex, male(%)	65%	67%	69%	54%	47%
Age(SD)	44.4(8.9)	44.4(9.0)	44.3(8.7)	46.0(8.5)	43.6(8.8)
Psychiatric comorbidity	17%	14%	15%	22%	36%
Physical comorbidity	25%	21%	25%	32%	46%
Rapid cycling	9%	6%	9%	12%	21%
Psychotic symptom	5%	5%	6%	4%	8%
Suicide ideation	7%	0%	15%	0%	22%
Substance abuse	5%	3%	8%	6%	12%
Mood stabilizer prescriptions
0	16%	12%	21%	10%	20%
1	64%	69%	57%	62%	64%
2	18%	16%	21%	28%	12%
3 or more	2%	2%	1%	0%	3%
Lithium	47%	50%	44%	56%	36%
Valproic acid	27%	26%	25%	36%	37%
Carbamazepine	3%	3%	3%	6%	3%
Lamotrigine	28%	28%	31%	20%	22%
Antipsychotics prescriptions
0	53%	57%	46%	64%	44%
1	38%	34%	41%	30%	53%
2	10%	9%	13%	6%	3%
3 or more	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Aripiprazole	11%	10%	12%	6%	17%
Olanzapine	21%	18%	25%	14%	19%
Quetiapine	11%	10%	13%	6%	10%
Risperidone	2%	2%	2%	6%	2%
Antidepressant prescriptions
0	56%	65%	42%	75%	55%
1	34%	29%	46%	19%	44%
2	9%	7%	11%	6%	2%
3 or more	1%	0%	1%	0%	0%
Anxiolytics prescriptions
0	65%	72%	54%	72%	64%
1	31%	25%	40%	26%	34%
2	4%	3%	5%	2%	2%
3 or more	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Hypnotics prescriptions
0	46%	54%	38%	40%	36%
1	34%	29%	38%	34%	46%
2	19%	16%	22%	26%	19%
3 or more	1%	1%	1%	0%	0%
Bipolar Disorder Subcategories
Type I	25%	27%	20%	34%	27%
Type II	69%	67%	75%	62%	63%
Unclassifiable	6%	5%	6%	4%	10%

Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.