If the full criteria are currently met for a Manic, Mixed, or Major Depressive Episode, the following specifiers may be used to describe the current clinical status of the episode and to describe features of the current episode:
Mild, Moderate, Severe Without Psychotic Features, Severe With Psychotic Features
With Catatonic Features
With Postpartum Onset
If the full criteria are not currently met for a Manic, Mixed or Major Depressive Episode, the following specifiers may be used to describe the current clinical status of the Bipolar I Disorder and to describe features of the most recent episode:
In Partial Remission, In Full Remission
With Catatonic Features
With Postpartum Onset
If criteria are currently met for a Major Depressive Episode, the following may be used to describe features of the current episode (or, if criteria are not currently met but the most recent episode of Bipolar I Disorder was a Major Depressive Episode, these specifiers apply to that episode):
Chronic
With Melancholic Features
With Atypical Features
The following specifiers can be used to indicate the pattern of episodes:
Longitudinal Course Specifiers (With and Without Full Interepisode Recovery)
With Seasonal Pattern (applies only to the pattern of Major Depressive Episodes)
With Rapid Cycling