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Objectives
To study the medication use patterns in patients newly diagnosed with bipolar disorder (BD) in Finland during the past 20 years.
Methods
All persons diagnosed with BD between 1996 and 2018, aged 16–65 years, with no previous BD diagnosis were identified from nationwide Finnish registers (N = 26,395). The point prevalences of medication use were observed up until 5 years after the first...