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Re: Bipolarity-Specifier Criteria......NEW

Posted by icu_baby on November 3, 2011, at 23:43:22

In reply to Bipolarity-Specifier Criteria......NEW, posted by B2chica on October 27, 2011, at 8:26:39

> the definitions really are very unspecific right now and are really not that acurate. They are in the process of revising the DSM. i think it will be out may of 2013.
>
> There is something going around called the "Bipolarity-Specifier Criteria" it is not a standard of use...yet but it seems to make more sense.
> here is the Criteria:
>
> -Episode of elevated or irritable mood or an episode of increased activity
>
> -at least 3 of the symptoms listed under Criterion B of the DSM-IV-TR (ie, inflated self-esteem/grandiosity, decreased need for sleep, more talkative, flight of ideas/racing thoughts, distractibility, increase in goal-directed activty/psychomotor agitation, excessive involvement in pleasurable activities that have a high potential for painful consequences)
> associated with at least 1 of the 3 following consequences:
> *unequivocal and observable change in functioning uncharacteristic of the persons usual behavior
> *marked impairment in social or occupational functioning observable by others
> *requiring hospitalization or outpatient treatment
>
> -no minimum duration of symptoms is required
>
> -no exclusion criteria
>
> -bipolar-specifier criteria include all cases meeting DSM-IV criteria for bipolar 1 and 2 disorders as well as additional cases excluded by DSM-IV exclusionary criteria (eg, symptoms occuring during antidepressant treatment)
>
>
> b2c.
>

Hi B2C, thank you so much for posting. I just want to know whether this is the criteria you described for a mixed episode? Do you also know why the other descriptions are inaccurate?

icu_baby


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