{"id":5743,"date":"2025-01-28T11:59:23","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T11:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/ncish\/?page_id=5743"},"modified":"2025-02-13T09:55:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T09:55:33","slug":"suicide-in-mental-health-patients-with-bipolar-disorder","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/ncish\/reports\/annual-report-2025\/themes-in-this-report\/suicide-in-mental-health-patients-with-bipolar-disorder\/","title":{"rendered":"Suicide in mental health patients with bipolar disorder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; next_background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; global_module=&#8221;322&#8243;][et_pb_fullwidth_menu global_parent=&#8221;322&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.106&#8243; menu_id=&#8221;7&#8243; submenu_direction=&#8221;downwards&#8221; fullwidth_menu=&#8221;off&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; module_class=&#8221;main-navigation&#8221; 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_builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h1 id=\"top\">Suicide in mental health patients with bipolar disorder<\/h1>\n<p style=\"padding-top: 1em\"><strong>On this page:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#primary-diagnosis\">Number of mental health patients with a primary diagnosis of bipolar disorder who died by suicide in the UK and Jersey<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#characteristics\">Characteristics of mental health patients with bipolar disorder who died by suicide (UK and Jersey, 2012-2022)<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#age\">Socio-demographic characteristics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#illness\">Clinical characteristics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#medication\">Medication and treatment<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#risk\">Risk of suicide<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243; \/][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text: Intro&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"primary-diagnosis\">Number of mental health patients with a primary diagnosis of bipolar disorder who died by suicide in the UK and Jersey<\/h2>\n<p>There were 1,491 patients who died by suicide who had received a primary diagnosis of bipolar disorder, 8% of all patient suicides, an average of 136 deaths per year.<\/p>\n<p>The average number in 2019-2022 increased by 19% compared to the average number in 2015-2018.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Graph: Male and female numbers&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;]<\/p>\n<figure style=\"margin: 0 0 1.5em;padding-bottom: 1em;border-bottom: 1px dashed #bbb\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5834 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/ncish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/01\/image031.png\" alt=\"Figure showing the number of patients with bipolar disorder who died by suicide in the UK and Jersey between 2012 and 2022, by sex.\" width=\"866\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/ncish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/01\/image031.png 866w, https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/ncish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/01\/image031-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/ncish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/01\/image031-768x474.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/ncish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/01\/image031-150x92.png 150w, https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/ncish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/01\/image031-250x154.png 250w, https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/ncish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/01\/image031-350x216.png 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 866px) 100vw, 866px\" \/><\/p><figcaption>\n<p style=\"font-size: 0.9em\">Notes: Male and female numbers in 2021 and 2022 do not total the overall figure due to rounding. Patient data unavailable in Jersey in 2019-2022.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 0.9em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/ncish\/reports\/annual-report-2025\/themes-in-this-report\/suicide-in-mental-health-patients-with-bipolar-disorder\/long-description-for-figure-on-suicide-in-mental-health-patients-with-bipolar-disorder-page\/#bipolar-disorder\">&gt; Read a long description for the graph: Number of mental health patients with a primary diagnosis of bipolar disorder who died by suicide in the UK and Jersey<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 0.9em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/documents.manchester.ac.uk\/display.aspx?DocID=75320\">&gt; Access the data\u00a0as an Excel table for the graph: Number of mental health patients with a primary diagnosis of bipolar disorder who died by suicide in the UK and Jersey<\/a><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;padding-top: 1em\"><a href=\"#top\">&lt; Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243; \/][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Subtitle: Characteristics&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"characteristics\" style=\"padding-top: 0.65em\">Characteristics of mental health patients with bipolar disorder who died by suicide (UK and Jersey, 2012-2022)<\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text: Bottom section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"age\">Socio-demographic characteristics<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW125186723 BCX8\">Compared to <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW125186723 BCX8\">other <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW125186723 BCX8\">patients<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW125186723 BCX8\">who died by suicide<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW125186723 BCX8\">, those with bipolar disorder were more <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW125186723 BCX8\">often<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW125186723 BCX8\"> female (6<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW125186723 BCX8\">58<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW125186723 BCX8\">, 4<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW125186723 BCX8\">7<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW125186723 BCX8\">% v. 5,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW125186723 BCX8\">351<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW125186723 BCX8\">, 34%) and older, with more aged 45-64 (<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW125186723 BCX8\">700<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW125186723 BCX8\">, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW125186723 BCX8\">50% v. 6,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW125186723 BCX8\">149<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW125186723 BCX8\">, 39%).<\/span> 68 (5%) were aged under 25 (the number aged under 18 was too small to report).<\/p>\n<p>Overall, more were living alone (695, 52% v. 6,943, 47%).<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/ncish\/reports\/annual-report-2025\/additional-data-and-downloads\/\">additional data and downloads<\/a> for further information.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><a href=\"#top\">&lt; Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"illness\">Clinical characteristics<\/h3>\n<p>The majority (1,017, 74%) had been ill for longer than 5 years, more than patients without bipolar disorder (7,254, 53%) but they were less likely to have a comorbid (i.e. additional) psychiatric (730, 52% v. 8,609, 55%) or physical illness (306, 23% v. 3,823, 26%). More had been recently (&lt;3 months) discharged from in-patient care (210, 16% v. 1,943, 13%).<\/p>\n<p>There were 18 (1%) patients with bipolar disorder subject to a Community\/Compulsory Treatment Order (CTO) at the time of death; 39 (3%) patients were under the care of an assertive outreach service.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><a href=\"#top\">&lt; Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"medication\">Medication and treatment<\/h3>\n<p>At the time of death, most (985, 73%) were receiving oral or depot antipsychotics, half (716, 53%) were receiving antidepressants, and over a third (527, 39%) lithium\/mood stabilisers. The proportion of patients with bipolar disorder prescribed lithium\/mood stabilisers increased over the report period from 31% in 2012-2015 to 44% in 2019-2022.<\/p>\n<p>Of the 527 patients prescribed lithium\/mood stabilisers, 147 (28%) died by self-poisoning, more than patients with bipolar disorder who were not prescribed lithium\/mood stabilisers (169, 21%).<\/p>\n<p>Patients with bipolar disorder were more likely to be non-adherent with medication than patients without bipolar disorder (201, 15% v. 1,682, 12%) and more had experienced distressing side effects of medication (157, 12% v. 915, 7%), especially weight gain (29, 32% excluding unknowns v. 99, 18%). Fewer were receiving psychological treatment compared to other patients (162, 12% v. 2,296, 16%), though this was more commonly prescribed for patients aged under 25 (16, 28% v. 146, 12%).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><a href=\"#top\">&lt; Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"risk\">Risk of suicide<\/h3>\n<p>Both immediate (975, 81% v. 10,904, 81%) and long-term risk of suicide (636, 56% v. 7,205, 57%) were viewed as not present or low in the majority of patients with bipolar disorder, similar to other patients.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;margin-bottom: 2em\"><a href=\"#top\">&lt; Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_row_inner admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221;][et_pb_column_inner type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;2_3&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Image: Female symbol&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6080 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/ncish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/02\/female-symbol-250px.png\" alt=\"Female symbol.\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/ncish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/02\/female-symbol-250px.png 250w, https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/ncish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/02\/female-symbol-250px-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text: Female&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;font-size: 1.5em\"><strong>47%<\/strong><br \/>female<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;2_3&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Image: Icon with 3 people&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6081 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/ncish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/02\/three-people-icon-250px.png\" alt=\"An icon representing three people.\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/ncish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/02\/three-people-icon-250px.png 250w, https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/ncish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/02\/three-people-icon-250px-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text: Age&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;font-size: 1.5em\"><strong>50%<br \/><\/strong>aged 45-64<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;2_3&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Image: Living alone icon&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6079 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/ncish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/02\/living-alone-250px.png\" alt=\"An icon of a house with a single person standing in the door.\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/ncish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/02\/living-alone-250px.png 250w, https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/ncish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/02\/living-alone-250px-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text: Living alone&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;font-size: 1.5em\"><strong>52%<\/strong><br \/>living alone<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;2_3&#8243;][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_row_inner admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221;][et_pb_column_inner type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;2_3&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Image: Incorrect meds icon&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6082 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/ncish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/02\/missed-meds-250px.png\" alt=\"An icon representing where medication had been taken incorrectly.\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/ncish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/02\/missed-meds-250px.png 250w, https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/ncish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/02\/missed-meds-250px-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text: Non-adherent with medication&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;font-size: 1.5em\"><strong>15%<\/strong><br \/>non-adherent with medication<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;2_3&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Image: Calendar icon&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6084 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/ncish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/02\/schedule-250px.png\" alt=\"A calendar icon.\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/ncish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/02\/schedule-250px.png 250w, https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/ncish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/02\/schedule-250px-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text: Illness&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;font-size: 1.5em\"><strong>74%<\/strong><br \/>ill &gt; 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