https://www.bipolardiscoveries.org/about-bipolar-disorder/

• 3% of the population lives with bipolar
• 70% misdiagnosis rate for bipolar
• 7 years average time to stable treatment for bipolar

https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1399-5618.2009.00786.x

• ~50% suicide attempt rate for bipolar

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2010.05.017

• 50% lifetime risk of mental illness in U.S.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101675

• $5T global economic burden

https://doi.org/10.1186%2Fs12888-020-2483-y

• Treatment delay for bipolar is measured in years

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5007565/

• Patient costs (via productivity loss) are 2x the associated healthcare costs for mental illness