ReviewInternational journal of methods in psychiatric research2018
Prospective: Is bipolar disorder being overdiagnosed?
Review in International journal of methods in psychiatric research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- The Inaccuracy of the Mood Disorder Questionnaire for Bipolar Disorder in a Community Sample: From the "DYMERS" Construct Toward a New Instrument for Detecting Vulnerable Conditions.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Triple Diagnosis of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder with Coexisting Bipolar and Alcohol Use Disorders: Clinical Aspects and Pharmacological Treatments.Current neuropharmacology · 2023Review
- A Comprehensive Review of Computer-Aided Diagnosis of Major Mental and Neurological Disorders and Suicide: A Biostatistical Perspective on Data Mining.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- How Does Adding the DSM-5 Criterion Increased Energy/Activity for Mania Change the Bipolar Landscape?Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Review
- Bipolar I and Bipolar II: It's Time for Something New for a Better Understanding and Classification of Bipolar Disorders.Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2019Article
- Prospective: Is bipolar disorder being overdiagnosed?International journal of methods in psychiatric research · 2018Review
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Abstract
objectivesMany studies indicate that bipolar disorders are underdiagnosed. Yet from 2007 to 2008, a series of publications asserted that bipolar disorders were being overdiagnosed. This review examines the methods used in the studies that reported bipolar disorders were being overdiagnosed.
methodsA literature search for studies with original data related to overdiagnosis of bipolar disorders was performed.
resultsFour studies were found indicating bipolar disorders were being overdiagnosed. The Structured Clinical Interview of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (SCID) was used in the diagnostic process. The studies compared the clinical diagnosis of bipolar disorder to a single SCID interview without interviewing family or reviewing old records. The studies assumed the SCID diagnosis was correct.
conclusionsNumerous concerns were found. The SCID frequently missed diagnosis of bipolar, the definitions of bipolar disorder are so narrow and conservative that the outcomes of the studies may have been predetermined. Ultimately, the studies compared the strength of a diagnosis made by a treating psychiatrist to a SCID diagnosis collected with virtually no information from the clinician. The assumption that the SCID diagnosis is always correct and the clinician is always wrong is unsupportable. The premise that bipolar disorders are being overdiagnosed is unsupported by reasonable science.
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