Bipolar Disorder Test

Bipolar disorder; It is a brain disease characterized by mania, depression or mixed periods, with occasional full recovery. The definitive diagnosis of bipolar disorder is made after a mental status examination by a psychiatrist. If the psychiatrist deems it appropriate, he may request some psychological tests to support the diagnosis.

Criteria for a major depressive episode

During a two-week period, there is a change in the previous level of functionality and five of the following symptoms ( or more) have been found; At least one of the symptoms must be either depressed mood or loss of interest or inability to experience pleasure anymore.

Depressed mood almost every day, lasting almost all day long. Note: Children and adolescents may have an irritable mood.

Not being able to enjoy activities almost every day

An increase or decrease in appetite almost every day. (Note: Absence of expected weight gain in children.)

Insomnia or hypersomnia almost every day.

Psychomotor agitation or shortness of breath almost every day

Fatigue almost every day. or loss of energy.

Feelings of worthlessness, excessive or inappropriate guilt almost every day

Decreased ability to think or concentrate, or indecisiveness almost every day

 

Manic episode criteria

A. A distinct episode of unusually persistent elevated, expansive, or irritable mood lasting at least one week (any length of time if hospitalization is required).

B. During the mood disorder episode, three (or more) of the following symptoms (four if the mood is only irritable) are present to a significant degree.

1. Exaggerated increase in self-esteem

2. Decreased need for sleep

3. Becoming more talkative than usual or forcing the conversation to continue.

4. Flight of ideas or subjective experience of competing thoughts.

5. Distractibility (that is, attention can be very easily drawn to an unimportant or irrelevant external stimulus).

6. Increased goal-directed activity (socially, at work or school, or sexually) or psychomotor agitation.

7. Possibility of bad consequences Excessive involvement in high-intensity, pleasurable activities (restrained shopping, reckless sexual advances, foolish business investments).

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