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Problems with the diagnosis of
bipolar disorder (BPD)
• There is no gold standard for the diagnosis of BPD
- DSM-IV definitions: SCID (Vieta et al., Meyer et al.)
- Broader concepts: minimum duration 2 days, modified
SCID (Benazzi)
- Duration 1 day, 3/7 symptoms (Angst)
- No priority for mood symptoms (euphoria, irritability)
(Benazzi, Angst et al.)
• Categorical vs dimensional definition
• Screening questionnaires for Hypomania (MDQ,
HCL…) / importance of self-rating Hypomania
(Hantouche)
