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DSM-IV: Rapid-Cycling Specifier for Mood Disorders


Criteria for Rapid-Cycling Specifier
(cautionary statement)

Specify if: 

With Rapid Cycling (can be applied to Bipolar I Disorder or Bipolar II Disorder
At least four episodes of a mood disturbance in the previous 12 months that meet criteria for a Major Depressive, Manic, Mixed, or Hypomanic Episode
Note: Episodes are demarcated either by partial or full remission for at least 2 months or a switch to an episode of opposite polarity (e.g., Major Depressive Episode to Manic Episode).

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

 


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