| Rapid Cycling Bipolar Disorder |
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| n | Derived from
studies of lithium failure |
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| n | Definition: 4
or more episodes, last 12 months |
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| n | Prevalence =
15% of BPD patients |
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| n | Not a stable
phenotype |
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| n | female gender |
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| n | antidepressant
use |
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| n | thyroid
disease |
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| Dunner and
Fieve, 1974. Dunner 1979; Winokur 1969 |
| Women and
Bipolar Disorder |