https://www.bipolardiscoveries.org/about-bipolar-disorder/
- 3% of the population lives with bipolar
- 70% misdiagnosis rate for bipolar
- 7 years average time to stable treatment for bipolar
https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1399-5618.2009.00786.x
- ~50% suicide attempt rate for bipolar
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2010.05.017
- 50% lifetime risk of mental illness in U.S.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101675
- $5T global economic burden
- Treatment delay for bipolar is measured in years
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5007565/
- Patient costs (via productivity loss) are 2x the associated healthcare costs for mental illness