Fast Five Quiz: Bipolar Disorder Practice Essentials

Patients who meet the full criteria for both a manic and depressive episode simultaneously meet the diagnosis for a manic episode with mixed features. To qualify as having a manic or hypomanic episode with mixed features, individuals must also have at least three of these symptoms during most days of the current or most recent episode of mania/hypomania:

• Depressed mood or prominent dysphoria

• Markedly diminished pleasure or interest in nearly all activities

• Psychomotor retardation

• Loss of energy or fatigue

• Feelings of worthlessness or excessive guilt

• Preoccupation with death or suicide, recurrent suicidal ideation without a specific plan, or a suicide plan/attempt

Learn more about the presentation of bipolar disorder.

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Cite this: Stephen Soreff. Fast Five Quiz: Bipolar Disorder Practice Essentials - Medscape - Jan 19, 2022.