Relationship Between Mood Episode and Employment Status of Outpatients with Bipolar Disorder: Retrospective Cohort Study from the Multicenter Treatment Survey for Bipolar Disorder in Psychiatric Clinics (MUSUBI) Project.
Yusuke KonnoYoshihisa FujinoAtsuko IkenouchiNaoto AdachiYukihisa KubotaTakaharu AzekawaHitoshi UedaKoji EdagawaEiichi KatsumotoEiichiro GotoSeiji HongoMasaki KatoTakashi TsuboiYasui-Furukori NorioAtsuo NakagawaToshiaki KikuchiKoichiro WatanabeReiji YoshimuraPublished in: Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment (2021)
Employment status among these patients with bipolar disorder receiving outpatient treatment was 43.5%. Compared to remission episodes, manic and depressive episodes were associated with a higher risk of unemployment.