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 DSM-IV: Longitudinal Course Specifiers for Mood Disorders


Criteria for Longitudinal Course Specifiers
(cautionary statement)

Specify if (can be applied to Recurrent Major Depressive Disorder or Bipolar I or II Disorder): 

With Full Interepisode Recovery: if full remission is attained between the two most recent Mood Episodes 
Without Full Interepisode Recovery: if full remission is not attained between the two most recent Mood Episodes

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

 


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