A provider of psychiatric services to patients in and around Chicago, Illinois; Chicago Lakeshore Hospital delivers care to individuals that may suffer from bipolar disorder, depression, and psychosis. These services are offered for children, adolescents and adults. Chicago Lakeshore Hospital remains committed to continuous quality improvement that promotes a high professional standard of care. Bipolar disorder, a serious mental condition, will affect roughly 4 percent of people over their lifetime, according to the National Comorbidity Survey. The illness occurs in three women for every two men affected. Bipolar disorder tends to appear around the age of 25. Overall, men experience earlier onset than women. Bipolar disorder has been found to represent the most expensive mental health diagnosis, incurring costs more than double those related to depression. Bipolar patients experience a hospitalization rate of just over 39 percent, far higher than the 4.5 percent rate experienced by patients with other mental health conditions. Further, insured individuals with bipolar disorder pay $568 in yearly out-of-pocket costs, twice that of other claimants.

1. C H I C A G O L A K E S H O R E H O S P I T A L
FACTS ABOUT BIPOLAR
DISORDER

2. FACTS ABOUT BIPOLAR DISORDER
A provider of psychiatric services to patients in and
around Chicago, Illinois; Chicago Lakeshore Hospital
delivers care to individuals that may suffer from
bipolar disorder, depression, and psychosis. These
services are offered for children, adolescents and
adults. Chicago Lakeshore Hospital remains
committed to continuous quality improvement that
promotes a high professional standard of care.

3. FACTS ABOUT BIPOLAR DISORDER
Bipolar disorder, a serious mental condition, will affect
roughly 4 percent of people over their lifetime,
according to the National Comorbidity Survey. The
illness occurs in three women for every two men
affected. Bipolar disorder tends to appear around
the age of 25. Overall, men experience earlier onset
than women.

4. FACTS ABOUT BIPOLAR DISORDER
Bipolar disorder has been found to represent the most
expensive mental health diagnosis, incurring costs
more than double those related to depression.
Bipolar patients experience a hospitalization rate of
just over 39 percent, far higher than the 4.5 percent
rate experienced by patients with other mental
health conditions. Further, insured individuals with
bipolar disorder pay $568 in yearly out-of-pocket
costs, twice that of other claimants.