Screening for Bipolar Disorder in the Community

M. A. Hirschfeld, Robert; R. Calabrese, Joseph; M. Weissman, Myrna; L. Reed, Michael; A. Davies, Marilyn; A. Frye, Mark; E. Keck, Paul; Lewis, Lydia; L. McElroy, Susan; McNulty, James; Dineen Wagner, Karen

doi:10.4088/jcp.v64n0111

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Screening for Bipolar Disorder in the Community

Published in The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry • Jan 15, 2003

Authors:

Robert M. A. Hirschfeld

Joseph R. Calabrese

Myrna M. Weissman

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Our goal was to estimate the rate of positive screens for bipolar I and bipolar II disorders in the general population of the United States. METHOD: The Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ), a validated screening instrument for bipolar I and II disorders, was sent to a sample of 127,800 peo...

Subject

Bipolar disorder

Psychiatry

Depression (economics)

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