Dr. Roy Perlis answers the question: 'Bipolar Disorder & 'Regular' Depression?' — -- Question: How is bipolar disorder different from unipolar depression or 'regular' depression? Answer: Both ...

Psychiatrists and psychologists argued for a reclassification of most mood disorders based on how often they recur rather than the particular symptoms of each disease. Kay Redfield Jamison of Johns ...

Most clinicians are aware of the need to distinguish between bipolar and unipolar disorders when evaluating a depressed patient. However, the evaluation of bipolarity is usually confined to trying to ...

Bipolar disorder is commonly misdiagnosed depending on the features that present, explained Stephanie Hsia, PharmD, MAEd, BCPP, of University of California, San Francisco. Delayed diagnosis of bipolar ...