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The status of screening measures for bipolar disorder
Rebecca K Graham1, Gordon B Parker
1aSchool of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney bBlack Dog Institute, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Purpose Of Review:
Screening measures for bipolar disorder are positioned as playing an important role in improving diagnostic accuracy. This review considers the principal screening measures developed over the past decade.
Recent Findings:
Although the development and evaluation of bipolar screening measures were distinct between 2000 and 2010, there has been a decrease in research and evaluation in recent years. This article considers the main impetus for the development of screening measures for bipolar disorder and provides a description and critique of the principal measures used in both clinical and community settings.
Summary:
Screening measures have an important role in identifying bipolar disorder but are best positioned as a first-stage strategy rather than as definitive diagnostic measures. Although several have been developed and well validated in clinical settings, there is a distinct need for extension studies exploring their classificatory properties in community settings as well as clinical impact studies to determine their 'real world' utility.
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