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  • Title: The clinical picture of bipolar II outpatient depression in private practice.
    Author: Benazzi F.
    Journal: Psychopathology; 2001; 34(2):81-4. PubMed ID: 11244379.
    Abstract:
    Uncertainties exist about whether depressive episodes differ phenomenologically in unipolar and bipolar II patients. The aim of the present study was to better define the clinical picture and course of bipolar II depression. Three hundred and ninety-nine consecutive outpatients, presenting for treatment of unipolar and bipolar II depression, were interviewed with the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV, the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale and the Global Assessment of Functioning Scale. Bipolar II depression had significantly lower age at onset, more recurrences and more patients with DSM-IV atypical features. Gender, duration of illness, psychosis, chronicity, severity, axis I comorbidity, melancholic features, individual atypical symptoms and other symptoms of depression were not significantly different. The presence of DSM-IV atypical features predicted bipolar II diagnosis with 63% probability.
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