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Table 2 Proportions of bipolar disorder patients with comorbidities

From: A systematic review of the evidence of the burden of bipolar disorder in Europe

Study

Country

Outcome

Jacobi et al 2004 [15]

Germany

75% DSM-IV comorbidities

Faravelli et al 2006 [16]

Italy

28% GAD, 24% antisocial personality disorder, 16% PDA, 16% SP, 16% psychosis, 16% paranoid and 16% borderline personality disorder

Benedetti et al 2007 [22]

Italy

BPI comorbidities by gender F/M%:

67/70% anxiety disorder, 54/26% PD, 33/63% OCD, 12/33% history of substance disorder

Daban et al 2006 [24]

Spain

By manic/depressive onset:

22/27% Axis 1 comorbidity

17/24% Axis 2 comorbidity

Dittmann et al 2002 [25]

Germany

36% comorbid Axis I disorder

Brieger et al 2007 [26]

Germany

34% substance abuse disorders, 16% anxiety disorders and 22% personality disorders

Henry et al 2003 [27]

France

21% substance abuse, 24% anxiety disorder(s), 16% PDA, 11% phobia and 3% OCD

Schiavone et al 2004 [28]

Italy

Borderline personality disorder (41%), narcissistic disorder (21%), dependency disorder (13%) and histrionic (10%)

Vieta et al 2001 [29]

Spain

31% comorbid psychiatric diagnosis

Pini et al 2003 [30]

Italy

23% comorbid PD and 16% comorbid SP/OCD

Benazzi 2006 [31]

Italy

45(M)-59(F)% Axis I comorbidity

Benazzi 2003 [32]

Italy

54% Axis I comorbidity

Benazzi 2004 [33]

Italy

46% Axis I comorbidity

Benazzi 2003 [34]

Italy

54% Axis I comorbidity

  1. DSM-IV, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition; GAD, general anxiety disorder; PD, panic disorder; PDA, panic disorder with agoraphobia; OCD, obsessive-compulsive disorder; SP, social phobia