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Age of onset in bipolar affective disorder and misdiagnosis as schizophrenia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Peter R. Joyce
Peter R. Joyce*
Affiliation:
Sunnyside Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand
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1Address for correspondence: Dr Peter Joyce Department of Psychological Medicine, The Princess Margaret Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand.
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Synopsis

The age of onset in bipolar affective disorder was determined in 200 hospitalized patients. The mean age of their first affective syndrome was 28·3 years, and the mean age of first hospitalization was 30·8 years. However, the median age for first affective syndrome was 23 years (26 years for first hospitalization), and the most common age of onset was 15–19 years. Those patients with an early onset, especially if they were first hospitalized for mania, were most likely to have received a diagnosis of schizophrenia.

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Research Article
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , February 1984 , pp. 145 - 149
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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