Five Predictors of Bipolar Disorder: Assessment Tool

Today marked the last day of the 159th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association (APA).

A study was presented that identified predictors of bipolar disorder risk for patients who were already diagnosed with depression:

  1. anxiety
  2. feelings of people being unfriendly
  3. family history of bipolar disorder
  4. a recent diagnosis of depression
  5. legal problems

These predictors were used in an assessment tool that is now available on a drug-company-sponsored website called “Say How You Feel.”

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1 Sherry Ruff August 21, 2006 at 8:54 am

I am trying to find a way to get a letter to Jane Pauley. I am a conumer and a worker in the mental health field.

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