Recent studies suggest that clients with a diagnosis of bipolar illness, formerly called manic-depressive illness, will:

Question

a. rarely contemplate the idea of suicide during their lifetime
b. think about suicide, but not carry out any of their suicidal ideas
c. attempt suicide sometime during their lives at a rate between 25% and 50%
d. have a lower rate of suicide than clients with any other psychiatric diagnosis

Answer 1

C
Recent studies suggest that clients with a diagnosis of bipolar illness attempt suicide sometime during their lives at a rate between 25% and 50%. These rates tend to be higher for women than for men. A current report indicates that 1 in 100 persons with bipolar disorder will make a suicide attempt and 3 in 1,000 people with bipolar disorder will die through suicide annually, making their rate 20 times higher than that of the general population. Several studies suggest that persons with bipolar I disorder combined with hypomania are at higher risk for suicide attempt than are persons with bipolar I disorder.