Date Approved
5-2-1995
Embargo Period
9-8-2016
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.A. in School Psychology
Department
Educational Services and Leadership
College
College of Education
Advisor
Klanderman, John
Subject(s)
Manic-depressive illness; Sex differences
Disciplines
Educational Psychology
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to create a profile of bipolar disorder in an adult psychiatric setting. Comparisons were made between gender and disposition upon hospitalization. Relationships between gender and substance abuse; and gender and incarceration were also studied.
A sample of seventy-seven bipolar patients was studied, using descriptive statistics. Of the seventy-seven subjects, fifty-two were female and twenty-five were male.
It was found that females are not more likely to be hospitalized in a manic state of their bipolar illness as opposed to a depressed state. In the sample of male bipolar subjects that were studied, hospitalization occurs more frequently in a manic state of their illness as opposed to a depressed state.
Histories of substance abuse were prevalent in both male and female subjects. Incidences of incarceration were found only in male subjects.
Recommended Citation
Comparato, Cynthia, "Gender differences in bipolar disorder: a descriptive study" (1995). Theses and Dissertations. 2233.
https://rdw.rowan.edu/etd/2233
