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By Psych Central News Editor
Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on June 9, 2010

Fewer than half of patients with bipolar disorder achieve functional recovery, report researchers who note that married patients, those with greater education, and those with fewer years of illness are more likely to recover.

“Psychosocial and occupational impairments in patients diagnosed with bipolar disorder are highly prevalent despite modern therapeutic advances,” Emory University psychiatrist Aliza Wingo and co-authors comment in the journal Bipolar Disorders. “An important question is what factors might facilitate or impede functional recovery of bipolar disorder patients, particularly considering those in or near symptomatic recovery.”

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