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  • Title: Testing predictors of bipolar-II disorder with a 2-day minimum duration of hypomania.
    Author: Benazzi F.
    Journal: Psychiatry Res; 2007 Oct 31; 153(2):153-62. PubMed ID: 17629571.
    Abstract:
    The study's aim was to find if features often reported to distinguish bipolar and depressive disorders could predict bipolar-II disorder (BP-II). Consecutive major depressive episode (MDE) outpatients, including 284 with BP-II and 196 with major depressive disorder (MDD), were interviewed with the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV, Hypomania Interview Guide, and Family History Screen, in a private practice. The minimum duration of past hypomania was 2 days. Mixed depression was defined as an MDE plus three or more intradepressive, non-euphoric hypomanic symptoms. BP-II predictors were early onset (<20 years), many recurrences (>4 MDEs), bipolar family history, mixed depression, and atypical depressions. Bipolar family history had the highest positive predictive value (PPV) (80.8%) but low sample frequency (32.7%); early onset had high PPV (75.2%) and a sample frequency of 37.0%; many recurrences had the highest frequency (70.4%) but the lowest PPV (66.5%). Combinations of three or more predictors had high PPV (79.0%) and a sample frequency of 46.6%. Predictors and combinations of predictors may correctly identify 75% to 80% of BP-II, reducing the misdiagnosis of BP-II as MDD (by prompting careful probing for hypomania history), and improving treatment of depression (as antidepressants alone may worsen BP-II course). As PPV is related to disease prevalence, findings need to be replicated in different settings.
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