DiagnosisDSM-5Clinical PsychologyEditorial A few weeks ago, after many years of intensive work, the much-awaited fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) was published. It is still the case today that psychiatric diagnoses seem to be more consensus-based...
While the diagnosis of children and teenagers with bipolar disorder includes the same criteria as that of adults, symptoms will often have different patterns and not fit into the same diagnostic categories. Children who have bipolar disorder are also usually diagnosed with other mental health condition...
The DSM-5 criteria for bipolar I disorder and bipolar II disorder outline the symptoms required for diagnosis. Do not use this article as a guide for self-diagnosis. Instead, consider bringing a list of the symptoms that you think are related to your condition at an appointment with your pri...
As indicated in theDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition(DSM-V), to qualify for the diagnosis of bipolar disorder, a person must experience at least one manic episode. Characteristics of mania must last at least a week (unless it is part of mixed features) and ...
Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)-5 and the upcoming International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-11 classification systems on the prevalence of bipolar disorder and on the validity of the DSM-5 diagnosis of bipolar disorder according to the Robin and Guze criteria of diagnostic ...
Psychologists and psychiatrists typically use the criteria listed in the DSM-IV-TR as a guideline for diagnosis of bipolar disorder and other mental illnesses. DSM-IV-TR describes a manic episode as an abnormally elevated or irritable mood lasting a period of at least one week that is disting...
Fifth Edition (DSM-5), may include revisions for diagnosing mixed episodes while keeping the current duration criteria for hypomanic episodes in bipolar disorders, according to 2 presentations by members of theDSM-5Mood Disorders Work Group at the 9th International Conference on Bipolar Disorder (IC...
We’ll list the official DSM-5 bipolar disorder diagnosis and accompany most of the criteria with an example or explanation. If you want to know whether you have bipolar disorder, pleasetake the test now. Bipolar disorder diagnosis – bipolar type 1 ...
DSM-5 criteria for BP I and BP II disorders are strikingly similar (as they were for DSM-IV). If the two conditions differentiate minimally across studies considering their clinical features, causes and treatment response, does this argue against their classification as separate (as against ...
Even with this diagnostic tool, accurate clinical diagnosis falls short, in some cases due to a lack of rigorous application by practitioners of the criteria that would offer a differential diagnosis. In other cases, however, there is a confounding rigidity in the requirements for diagnosis of ...