Hakulinen C, et al. - Via performing a nationwide prospective cohort study, researchers sought to determine how bipolar disorder and depression in early adulthood influence subsequent employment, income, and educational attainment. They assessed all individuals (n = 2,390,127; 49% female) born in Denmark between 1955 and 1990. Using the Danish psychiatric register, they obtained hospital-based diagnoses of depression and bipolar disorder before age 25 and using the Danish labor market and education registers, they obtained data regarding yearly employment, earnings, and education status from ages 25 to 61. Hospital-diagnosed depression and bipolar, between ages 15–25, were prevalent in 1% and 0.12%, respectively, in this population. Across the entire work-life span, individuals with depression and particularly bipolar disorder had consistently poor socioeconomic outcomes, relative to individuals without mood disorders.