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Abstract
Anecdotal and biographical reports have long suggested that bipolar disorder is more common in people with exceptional cognitive or creative ability. Epidemiological evidence for such a link is sparse. We investigated the relationship between intelligence and subsequent risk of hospitalisation for bipolar disorder in a prospective cohort study of 1 049 607 Swedish men. Intelligence was measured on conscription for military service at a mean age of 18.3 years and data on psychiatric hospital admissions over a mean follow-up period of 22.6 years was obtained from national records. Risk of hospitalisation with any form of bipolar disorder fell in a stepwise manner as intelligence increased (P for linear trend
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 190-194 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Molecular Psychiatry |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Early online date | 3 Apr 2012 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Feb 2013 |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- RISK
- comorbidity
- age
- national inpatient register
- psychoses
- IQ
- performance
- early adulthood
- cognitive ability
- validity
- bipolar disorder
- schizophrenia
- intelligence
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Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology Phase 2.
Maclullich, A. (Principal Investigator)
1/09/13 → 31/08/19
Project: Research
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RA2661 Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology Phase 2. Main Budget.
Deary, I. (Principal Investigator), Gale, C. (Co-investigator), Holmes, M. (Co-investigator), Logie, P. (Co-investigator), Maclullich, A. (Co-investigator), Porteous, D. (Co-investigator), Seckl, J. (Co-investigator), Starr, J. (Co-investigator), Wardlaw, J. (Co-investigator) & Okely, J. (Researcher)
1/09/13 → 31/08/19
Project: Research
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MRC Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology
Deary, I. (Principal Investigator), Holmes, M. (Co-investigator), Logie, P. (Co-investigator), McCulloch, J. (Co-investigator), Porteous, D. (Co-investigator), Roberts, N. (Co-investigator), Seckl, J. (Co-investigator), Starr, J. (Co-investigator) & Wardlaw, J. (Co-investigator)
1/09/08 → 31/08/13
Project: Research