Bipolar Disorders: Mixed States, Rapid-Cycling, and Atypical Forms

201 Schizoaffective mixed statesBipolar disorders (n = 277)no50.9%49.1%yesBipolar affectiveBipolar schizoaffectiveNon-mixed (n = 75)noMixed (n = 25)noNon-mixed (n = 120)noMixed (n = 57)no65.3%48.0%47.5%40.4%34.7%52.0%52.5%59.6%yes yes yes yesFig. 8.8Patients receiving disability pensions.YearsAnalysis of difference601. Bipolar affective non-mixed versusbipolar affective mixed NS50403049.542.036.038.52. Bipolar SAD non-mixed versusbipolar SAD mixedNS3. Bipolar mixed versus bipolar SADmixedNS4. Bipolar affective non-mixed versusbipolar schizoaffective nonmixedP = 0.00120Fig. 8.910Bipolar affectivenon-mixed(n = 26)Bipolar SAD non-mixed(n = 63)Bipolar affectivemixed(n = 13)Bipolar SAD mixed(n = 34)Age when disability payments were first granted. NS, not significant; SAD, seasonal affectivedisorder.disability. As Figure 8.8 shows, at the time of investigation, half of the patients withbipolar disorder were receiving disability pensions as a result of their mental illness.In the group of schizoaffective mixed and non-mixed patients, disability pensionswere granted at the age of approximately 36 years – a very low age.