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A.
At least one major depressive episode
B. No spontaneous
hypomanic or manic episodes
C. Either of the following,
plus at least 2 items from criterion D, or both of the following plus
1 item from criterion D:
1. A family history of bipolar disorder in a first-degree relative
2. Antidepressant-induced mania or hypomania
D. If no items from
criterion C are present, 6 of the following 9 criteria are needed:
1. Hyperthymic personality (at baseline, nondepressed state)
2. Recurrent major depressive episodes (> 3)
3. Brief major depressive
episodes (on average, < 3 months)
4. Atypical depressive symptoms (DSM-IV criteria)
5. Psychotic major depressive episodes
6. Early age of onset of major depressive episode (< age 25)
7. Postpartum depression
8. Antidepressant "wear-off" (acute but not prophylactic response)
9. Lack of response to 3 antidepressant treatment trials
The relation of these
clues to bipolarity is well documented in the literature. |
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Bipolar II and the Bipolar Spectrum
What is hypomania?
Update:
An upcoming "Diagnosis Guidelines"
will be published by the International Society for Bipolar Disorders.
This publication is being prepared to reduce "the diagnostic chaos
around bipolar disorder," and to serve as an "update" in the interim
preceding the DSM V.
A group of 25 mood experts from around the world, chaired by Nassir
Ghaemi, an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Emory University and
director of the Bipolar Disorder Research Program, will develop the
publication. Psychiatrist Jim Phelps, an authority on the bipolar
spectrum, will head that subgroup.. |
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