Index

Criteria
Definition
Mood Disorder Flow Chart
Treatment ( Psychotherapy )
Treatment ( Pharmacotherapy )

Definition

Bipolar I Disorder is a mood disorder characterized by one or more manic episodes,possibly alternating with major depressive episodes.

ONSET:

COMMON:

Diagnostic Criteria ( DSM-IV™ ) made easy.

Single Manic Episode

1. No history of Major Depression and only one Manic Episode.

2. The Manic episode is not from another disorder.

Specify using most recent episode:

Remission - Psychotic - Severity.
Catatonic Features
Postpartum Onset

Specify:

Mixed.

The most recent episode was / is Hypomanic

1. The most recent episode was / is Hypomanic.

2. History of Manic or Mixed Episode.

3. Because of the symptoms there is clinically impairment.( E.g., Work, social, ... )

4. The episodes, 1 or 2 above,are not from another disorder.

Specify:

Longitudinal.
Seasonal Pattern.
Rapid Cycling.

The most recent episode was / is Manic

1. The most recent episode was / is Hypomanic.

2. History of Manic or Mixed Episode.

3. Because of the symptoms there is clinically impairment.( E.g., Work, social, ... )

4. The episodes, 1 or 2 above, are not from another disorder.

Specify:

Longitudinal.
Seasonal Pattern.
Rapid Cycling.

The most recent episode was / is Mixed

1. The most recent episode was / is Mixed.

2. History of Manic or Mixed Episode.

3. The episodes, 1 or 2 above,are not from another disorder.

Specify using most recent episode:

Remission - Psychotic - Severity.
Catatonic Features
Postpartum Onset

Specify:

Longitudinal.
Seasonal Pattern.
Rapid Cycling.

The most recent episode was / is Depressed

1. The most recent episode was / is Major Depressive.

2. History of Manic or Mixed Episode.

3. The episodes, 1 or 2 above,are not from another disorder.

Specify using most recent episode:

Remission - Psychotic - Severity.
Catatonic Features
Melancholic Features
Atypical Features
Postpartum Onset

Specify:

Longitudinal.
Seasonal Pattern.
Rapid Cycling.

The most recent episode was / is Unspecified

1. The most recent episode was / is Manic,Hypomanic,Mixed,or Major Depressive.

2. History of Manic or Mixed Episode.

3. Because of the symptoms there is clinically impairment.( E.g., Work, social, ... )

4. The episodes, 1 or 2 above,are not from another disorder,substance, or general medical condition.

Specify:

Longitudinal.
Seasonal Pattern.
Rapid Cycling.

Treatment ( Psychotherapy )

Adlerian Therapy
Behavior Therapy
Existential Therapy
Gestalt Therapy
Person-centered Therapy
Psychoanalytic
Rational-emotive Therapy
Reality Therapy
Transactional Analysis

Treatment ( Pharmacotherapy )

Abilify®
Atretol
Calam
Cibaliyh-S
Clonidine
Depakene
Epitol
Eskalith
Eskalith CR
Isoptin
Tegretol
Lithane
Lithobid
Nimodipine
Topomax