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1 The median age of onset for bipolar disorder is 25 years (National Institue of Mental Health), although the illness can start in early childhood or as late as the 40's and 50's.
As might be expected from the earlier age of onset of bipolar disorder, US patients also have a higher incidence of the major vulnerability factors for early onsetâmore genetic vulnerability (parents with bipolar disorder), more childhood stressors, and more stressors in the year prior to illness onset.