诊断为单相抑郁症者中未识别的双相障碍(英文)

Unrecognized bipolar disorder in patients with a diagnosis of unipolar depression

The diagnosis of bipolar rather than unipolar depression is currently a clinical diagnosis which cannot be validated by specific biological measures,such as laboratory tests.Certainly the characteristics of bipolar depression frequently differ from unipolar major depression in that patients with bipolar depression generally have an earlier age of onset and more frequent episodes than individuals with unipolar major

The diagnosis of bipolar rather than unipolar depression is currently a clinical diagnosis which cannot be validated by specific biological measures,such as laboratory tests.Certainly the characteristics of bipolar depression frequently differ from unipolar major depression in that patients with bipolar depression generally have an earlier age of onset and more frequent episodes than individuals with unipolar major depression in that patients witch bipolar depression generally have an earlier age of onset and more frequent episodes than individuals with unipolar major depression.