People With Bipolar Disorder More Likely To Experience Financially Disruptive Life Events

Individuals with bipolar I disorder (BPI) are 15% more likely to experience financially disruptive life events compared to people with other serious mental illnesses such as schizophrenia or major depressive disorder and compared to people without a serious mental illness. Financially disruptive life events include arrests, bankruptcies, liens, and judgment filings. Bipolar I disorder is a type of bipolar spectrum disorder characterized by the occurrence of at least one manic episode, with or without mixed or psychotic features.

The largest difference in disruptive life events was for arrests, which were three times higher for both people with BPI and people . . .