Posted by violette on September 15, 2010, at 8:52:13
In reply to Re: hrguru - Re: Anti-psychotics not mood stabilizers? » SLS, posted by Conundrum on September 14, 2010, at 9:04:25
My psychiatrist said there's a consensus in the the field regarding the overdiagnosis of bipolar. There is research, not sure what the best sources are, never did research on the issue, but here's just one study:
METHOD: Seven hundred psychiatric outpatients were interviewed with the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID) and completed a self-administered questionnaire, which asked the patients whether they had been previously diagnosed with bipolar or manic-depressive disorder by a health care professional. Family history information was obtained from the patient regarding first-degree relatives. Diagnoses were blind to the results of the self-administered scale. The study was conducted from May 2001 to March 2005.
RESULTS: Fewer than half the patients who reported that they had been previously diagnosed with bipolar disorder received a diagnosis of bipolar disorder based on the SCID.
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