| Title | Understanding the complexity of bipolar mixed episodes. |
| Author(s) | McElroy SL |
| Institution | University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. |
| Source | J Clin Psychiatry 2008 Feb; 69(2):e06. |
| MeSH | Bipolar Disorder
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Humans
International Classification of Diseases
Terminology as Topic
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| Abstract | The current system of diagnosis and classification from sources such as the DSM-IV-TR and the ICD- 10 are not adequate to represent the complexities of bipolar illness. As the phenomenology or the presentation of the illness becomes better understood, the bipolar nomenclature may have to be altered. Psychiatry is moving toward the concept that mixed states lay on a bipolar spectrum such that patients can have innumerable combinations and varied degrees of manic and depressive symptoms. |
| Language | eng |
| Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review
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| PubMed ID | 18363450 |
