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  • Psychiatry
  • Epidemiology
  • Internal Medicine

Background:

  • Bipolar disorder is a prevalent, chronic illness causing significant functional impairment and increased suicide risk.
  • Co-occurring psychiatric conditions range from 57.3% to 74.3%, and medical comorbidities from 2.7% to 70%.
  • The prevalence of these comorbidities in India remains unclear.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine the prevalence of physical and psychiatric comorbidities in Indian bipolar disorder patients.
  • To explore associations between comorbidities and socio-demographic/clinical variables.
  • To clarify the Indian scenario of bipolar disorder comorbidities.

Main Methods:

  • A retrospective review of 125 case records from a tertiary care center over one year.
  • Diagnosis of bipolar disorder re-established using OPCRIT software, confirming 120 cases.
  • Data collected via a semi-structured pro-forma detailing socio-demographic and clinical information.

Main Results:

  • Co-morbid psychiatric disorders were identified in 43.3% of patients; substance use disorder was most common (27.5%).
  • Co-morbid physical illnesses were present in 64.2% of patients; cardiovascular disorder was most frequent (20%).
  • Certain disorders like eating disorders were notably absent.

Conclusions:

  • The prevalence of psychiatric comorbidities in this Indian sample was lower than reported in Western studies.
  • This difference may stem from the study's retrospective nature or indicate genuinely lower prevalence rates in India.
  • Migraine was infrequently diagnosed, and eating disorders were absent in this cohort.