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Table 1 A description of the 18 patient subjects completing the study

From: Maintenance treatment of adolescent bipolar disorder: open study of the effectiveness and tolerability of quetiapine

 

Patients (n = 18)

Gender (M:F)

8:10

Age at recruitment (years)

17.7 (1.9)

Age of onset (years)

13.9 (3.0)

Polarity of index episode (%) d, D, m, M

61, 22, 0, 17

Duration of illness (years)

3.4 (2.7)

Most recent mood episode (%) D, m, M

33, 45, 22

Bipolar Diagnosis (%)

 

   BPI

22

   BPII

11

   BPNOS

67

Lifetime Psychotic Features (%)

61

Hospitalization Ever (%)

44

Clinical Course (%)

 

   Episodic

11

   Non-Episodic

89

Comorbid Disorders (%)

 

   Anxiety

33

   ADHD

22

   Sleep

17

   None

22

Mean quetiapine dose over the study (SD)

340.9 mg (276.5)

Mean quetiapine dose at study end (SD)

294.6 mg (267.3)

  1. d refers to minor depression, D to major depression, m to hypomania and M to either Manic or mixed episode