If Bipolar Disorder Is Over-diagnosed, What Are The Actual Diagnoses?

Wednesday, July 29, 2009 - 10:28 in Health & Medicine

A year ago, researchers reported that fewer than half the patients previously diagnosed with bipolar disorder received an actual diagnosis of bipolar disorder after using a comprehensive, psychiatric diagnostic interview tool -- the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV. In this follow-up study, the researchers have determined the actual diagnoses of those patients.

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