Frecuency

Depressive disorders are the more frequent psychic disorders.

Depression is the main cause of discapacity around the world. In Colombia, their frecuency is 10%, being higher in women than in men, and incresing the frecuancy as age increases.

The data for bipolar disorder are quite stable around the world, and are around 0.5-1.5% for bipolar disorder type I, and 0.5% for type II. Even though, there is a tendency to misdiagnose.