有关双相的一些统计数据（翻译）
Bipolar disorder is the sixth leading cause of disability in the world. (World Health Organization)根据世界卫生组织的数据，双相是第六大致残原因
Bipolar disorder results in 9.2 years reduction in expected life span, and as many as one in five patients with bipolar disorder completes suicide. (National Institute of Mental Health)
根据国家精神健康机构的数据，双相导致预期寿命减少9.2年，五分之一双相病人死于自杀
Bipolar disorder is more likely to affect the children of parents who have the disorder. When one parent has bipolar disorder, the risk to each child is l5 to 30%. When both parents have bipolar disorder, the risk increases to 50 to 75%. (National Institute of Mental Health)
双相更容易影响父母患有这种疾病的孩子。当父母一方有双相， 孩子患有双相的可能性在15％－30％之间。当父母双方患有双相，孩子患双相的风险增至50％－75％ （国家精神健康机构）
Some 20% of adolescents with major depression develop bipolar disorder within five years of the onset of depression. (Birmaher, B., "Childhood and Adolescent Depression: A Review of the Past 10 Years." Part I, 1995)
大约20％患有深度抑郁的青少年在抑郁开始的五年内发展为双相
Up to one-third of the 3.4 million children and adolescents with depression in the United States may actually be experiencing the early onset of bipolar disorder. (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1997)
在3.4百万患有抑郁的美国儿童和青少年中，高达三分之一可能实际正处于双相的早期
Success rates of 70 to 85% were once expected with lithium for the acute phase treatment of mania, however, lithium response rates of only 40 to 50% are now commonplace. (Surgeon General Report for Mental Health)
锂治疗急性狂躁的成功率过去预期为70％到85％， 然而现在估计对锂反应率通常只有40％－50％
Nearly 9 out of 10 consumers with bipolar disorder are satisfied with their current medication(s), although side effects remain a problem. (DBSA, 1999)
十分之九的患者对目前的药物满意虽然有副作用存在 长见识了，谢谢楼主
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