Mixed Depression in Bipolar Disorder: Prevalence Rate and Clinical Correlates During Naturalistic Follow-Up in the Stanley Bipolar Network.

CONCLUSIONS: Among outpatients with bipolar disorder, concurrent hypomanic symptoms observed during visits with depression were common, particularly in women. The DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for depression with mixed features may yield inadequate sensitivity to detect patients with mixed depression. PMID: 27079133 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The American Journal of Psychiatry - April 14, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Miller S, Suppes T, Mintz J, Hellemann G, Frye MA, McElroy SL, Nolen WA, Kupka R, Leverich GS, Grunze H, Altshuler LL, Keck PE, Post RM Tags: Am J Psychiatry Source Type: research