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Bipolar I Disorder, Most Recent Episode Hypomanic


Diagnostic criteria for 296.40 Bipolar I Disorder, Most Recent Episode Hypomanic 
(cautionary statement)
 

A. Currently (or most recently) in a Hypomanic Episode

B. There has previously been at least one Manic Episode or Mixed Episode

C. The mood symptoms cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning. 

D. The mood episodes in Criteria A and B are not better accounted for by Schizoaffective Disorder and are not superimposed on Schizophrenia, Schizophreniform Disorder, Delusional Disorder, or Psychotic Disorder Not Otherwise Specified. 

Specify

Longitudinal Course Specifiers (With and Without Interepisode Recovery)
With Seasonal Pattern (applies only to the pattern of Major Depressive Episodes) 
With Rapid Cycling

Reprinted with permission from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth Edition. Copyright 1994 American Psychiatric Association

 


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