Comment on: assessment of disability in bipolar affective disorder and alcohol use disorder – a descriptive study

This letter bears reference to the study titled “Assessment of disability in bipolar affective disorder and alcohol use disorder – a descriptive study” by S Bondade, CY Sudarshan and S Begum, published in Sri Lanka Journal of Psychiatry, Vol 6 (2) December 2015 (1). All authors deserve appreciation for conducting such a study where disability was assessed in an objective manner in different domain of life in two commonpsychiatric disorders – bipolar affective disorder (BPAD) and alcohol dependence syndrome (ADS). The authors have assessed disability in BPAD not only during episodes of illness but also during the intere-pisodic period.