While there was no difference in rate of subjects receiving medication during their most severe affective episode across groups, subjects were prescribed antidepressants (31%), benzodiazepines (18%), neuroleptics (18%), lithium (9%) and anticonvulsants (13%) or a combination of these medications (14%). At the follow-up interview, again no difference in kind and rate of medication for treatment of the most severe affective episode across groups was found. Patients were prescribed antidepressants in 11%, benzodiazepines in 7%, neuroleptics in 11%, lithium in 32%, and anticonvulsants in 12% of the cases. Twenty seven percentage of the bipolar subjects in all groups took a combination of these compounds at follow-up.
