Bipolar Disorder (BD) is diagnosed in around two in a hundred people, but is also a hidden disorder with an average of eight years passing between onset and diagnosis [5]. Furthermore, epidemiological research shows that up to half all individuals who meet diagnostic criteria never receive a diagnosis [6]. What can say about this undiagnosed but symptomatic population, We can say that we have little to no data, due to sampling biases where researchers recruit from clinical settings. Evidence is therefore biased toward only the half who are formally diagnosed.

Bipolar Disorder is a hidden disorder with an average of eight years between onset and diagnosis, and up to half of individuals who meet diagnostic criteria never receive a diagnosis.

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Bipolar Disorders: A Balanced Perspective

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