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As the sixth leading cause of disability worldwide [1], bipolar disorder affects approximately 5.7 million American adults, or about 2.6% of the US population aged 18 and older, annually [2]. A recent study of records from the annual National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS) reported that the population-adjusted rates of hospital discharges with a primary diagnosis of bipolar disorder grew significantly between 1996 and 2004 among all age groups [3], with the adult rate rising markedly, by 56%. While bipolar disorder has a spectrum of expression, the classic form of the illness, in which a person experiences recurrent episodes of mania and depression, is bipolar I disorder [4].