Lifetime and 12-month prevalence of bipolar spectrum disorder in the National Comorbidity Survey replication.
- K. Merikangas, H. Akiskal, R. Kessler
- PsychologyArchives of General Psychiatry
- 1 May 2007
This study presents the first prevalence estimates of the BPD spectrum in a probability sample of the United States, and finds subthreshold BPD is common, clinically significant, and underdetected in treatment settings.
Development and validation of a screening instrument for bipolar spectrum disorder: the Mood Disorder Questionnaire.
- R. Hirschfeld, J. Williams, J. Zajecka
- Psychology, MedicineAmerican Journal of Psychiatry
- 1 November 2000
The Mood Disorder Questionnaire is a useful screening instrument for bipolar spectrum disorder in a psychiatric outpatient population and has good sensitivity and very good specificity.
Prevalence and effects of mood disorders on work performance in a nationally representative sample of U.S. workers.
- R. Kessler, H. Akiskal, Philip S. Wang
- Psychology, MedicineAmerican Journal of Psychiatry
- 1 September 2006
Employer interest in workplace costs of mood disorders should be broadened beyond major depressive disorder to include bipolar disorder, and effectiveness trials are needed to study the return on employer investment of coordinated programs for workplace screening and treatment of bipolar disorder and major depressive Disorder.
Perceptions and impact of bipolar disorder: how far have we really come? Results of the national depressive and manic-depressive association 2000 survey of individuals with bipolar disorder.
- R. Hirschfeld, L. Lewis, L. Vornik
- Psychology, MedicineJournal of Clinical Psychiatry
- 1 February 2003
Individuals with bipolar disorder reported that the illness manifests itself early in life but that accurate diagnosis lags by many years; the illness exacts great hardships on the individual and the family and has a profoundly negative effect on careers.
A measure of interpersonal dependency.
- R. Hirschfeld, G. Klerman, H. Gough, J. Barrett, S. Korchin, P. Chodoff
- PsychologyJournal of Personality Assessment
- 1 December 1977
A new 48-item self-report inventory which assesses interpersonal dependency in adults was developed using a sample of 220 normals and 180 psychiatric patients and was cross-validated on two additional samples.
Screening for bipolar disorder in the community.
- R. Hirschfeld, J. Calabrese, K. Wagner
- Psychology, MedicineJournal of Clinical Psychiatry
- 2003
The positive MDQ screen rate of 3.7% suggests that nearly 4% of American adults may suffer from bipolar I and II disorders, and young adults and individuals with lower income are at greater risk for this largely underdiagnosed disorder.
Re-evaluating the prevalence of and diagnostic composition within the broad clinical spectrum of bipolar disorders.
- H. Akiskal, M. Bourgeois, J. Angst, R. Post, H. Möller, R. Hirschfeld
- PsychologyJournal of Affective Disorders
- 1 September 2000
Validity of the mood disorder questionnaire: a general population study.
- R. Hirschfeld, C. Holzer, Elizabeth Hazard
- Psychology, MedicineAmerican Journal of Psychiatry
- 2003
The Mood Disorder Questionnaire is a useful screening instrument for bipolar I and II disorders in the community and its operating characteristics in the general population differ substantially from its characteristics in outpatient psychiatric settings.
The National Depressive and Manic-depressive Association (DMDA) survey of bipolar members.
- J. Lish, S. Dime-Meenan, P. Whybrow, R. Price, R. Hirschfeld
- Psychology, MedicineJournal of Affective Disorders
- 1 August 1994
The National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association consensus statement on the undertreatment of depression.
- R. Hirschfeld, M. Keller, R. Wyatt
- Medicine, PsychologyJAMA
- 22 January 1997
There is overwhelming evidence that individuals with depression are being seriously undertreated and the cost to individuals and society of this undertreatment is substantial.
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