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Question 1

Background of clinical profile

Answer 1

Epidemiology:

• Bipolar disorders affect >1% of the global population
• Bipolar disorders are comorbid with other psychiatric disorders (including anxiety disorders, substance use disorders, attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder and personality disorders)
• Among the affective disorders, bipolar disorders have the highest suicide rate, which is up to 20‐times higher than the rate among the general population

Question 2

Graph on manic/depression

Answer 2

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