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Mood Disorders

Substance – Induced Mood Disorder

Diagnostic Features The essential feature of Substance-Induced Mood Disorder is a prominent and persistent disturbance in mood (Criterion A) that is judged to be due to the direct physiological effects of a substance (i.e., a drug of abuse, a medication,

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Bipolar Disorders

Cyclothymic Disorder Differential Diagnosis

Cyclothymic Disorder must be distinguished from a Mood Disorder Due to a General Medical Condition. The diagnosis is Mood Disorder Due to a General Medical Condition, With Mixed Features, when the mood disturbance is judged to be the direct physiological

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Bipolar Disorders

Bipolar Disorder Not Otherwise Specified

The Bipolar Disorder Not Otherwise Specified category includes disorders with bipolar features that do not meet criteria for any specific Bipolar Disorder. Examples include 1. Very rapid alternation (over days) between manic symptoms and depressive symptoms that meet symptom threshold

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Bipolar Disorders

Cyclothymic Disorder Familial Pattern

Major Depressive Disorder and Bipolar I or II Disorder appear to be more common among first-degree biological relatives of persons with Cyclothymic Disorder than among the general population. There may also be an increased familial risk of Substance-Related Disorders. In

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Bipolar Disorders

Bipolar II Disorder Differential Diagnosis

Hypomanic and Major Depressive Episodes in Bipolar II Disorder must be distinguished from episodes of a Mood Disorder Due to a General Medical Condition. The diagnosis is Mood Disorder Due to a General Medical Condition for episodes that are judged

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Bipolar Disorders

Cyclothymic Disorder Diagnostic Features

The essential feature of Cyclothymic Disorder is a chronic, fluctuating mood disturbance involving numerous periods of hypomanic symptoms and numerous periods of depressive symptoms (Criterion A). The hypomanic symptoms are of insufficient number, severity, pervasiveness, or duration to meet full

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Bipolar Disorders

Cyclothymic Disorder Associated Features and Disorders

Associated descriptive features and mental disorders. Substance-Related Disorders and Sleep Disorders (i.e., difficulties in initiating and maintaining sleep) may be present. Specific Age and Gender Features Cyclothymic Disorder often begins early in life and is sometimes considered to reflect a

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