Undiagnosed Bipolar Disorders in Patients with Major Depressive Episode: Iran's part of a Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study.

Iranian Journal of Psychiatry

Yousef Semnani¹  Gholamreza Mirsepassi¹  Morvarid Ahadi¹  Seyed Mehdi Samimi Ardestani¹  Seyed Saeed Sadr¹  Elham Mir¹  Behin Pourmirza¹  Majid Sadeghi¹  Atefe Kamaloo¹  Seyed Ali Ahmadi Abhari² 

[1] ;Department of Psychiatry and Psychiatry Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences.;

关键词: Bipolar Spectrum;    Bipolar disorder;    Bipolarity Specifier;    Hypomania;    Major depressive disorder;    Mania;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Bipolar spectrum disorders may often go undiagnosed or unrecognized. The aim of this study was to determine the proportion of bipolar disorder symptoms in Iranian patients with a major depressive episode.313 patients with a current DSM-IV-TR (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 4th ed. Text rev.) diagnosed with a major depressive episode entered this cross-sectional study. Thirty two items revised Hypomania/ mania Symptoms Checklist (HCL-32) was used to determine the frequency of bipolar episodes.Considerable proportion of patients (53.9%) previously diagnosed as major depressive disorder fulfilled the criteria for bipolar disorder by Bipolarity Specifier. The Bipolarity Specifier additionally identified significant association for manic / hypomanic states during antidepressants therapy (p

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