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 | The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM-5, is due to be published this year. The changes from the current edition, DSM-IV-TR, are many, massive and often controversial. So let's take a look at what the DSM-IV-TR has to say about the various forms and episodes of bipolar disorder so we can be ready to understand the changes that are coming soon. | |
Bipolar I: Mania and Depression
Actually, Bipolar I (or 1) doesn't even have to include depression. Yes, you read that right - a person can be diagnosed with BP I from just one manic episode. Read more.
| Bipolar II: Hypomania and Depression
In Bipolar II (or 2), depressive symptoms can be just as severe as in bipolar 2; the difference between BP 1 and BP 2 are in the severity of the flip side - mania or hypomania, which is serious but doesn't go off the deep end into psychosis. Read more.
| Cyclothymia: Hypomania and Depression, Too
I cringe every time I see some journalist refer to cyclothymia as a "less serious" form of bipolar disorder. The hypomania can be the same as in Bipolar 2, but the depressive symptoms don't add up to be a clinical depressive episode. Read More.
| Mixed Episodes
Once the DSM-5 is published, the formal definition of a "mixed episode" is history. Instead, manic, hypomanic or depressive episodes may have the qualifier "with mixed features." Here's how the DSM-IV defines this type of episode.
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