Activated Depression: Mixed Bipolar Disorder or Agitated Unipolar Depression?

@article{Swann2013ActivatedDM,
  title={Activated Depression: Mixed Bipolar Disorder or Agitated Unipolar Depression?},
  author={Alan C. Swann},
  journal={Current Psychiatry Reports},
  year={2013},
  volume={15},
  pages={1-8}
}
  • A. Swann
  • Published 24 July 2013
  • Psychology
  • Current Psychiatry Reports
The combination of depression and activation presents clinical and diagnostic challenges. It can occur, in either bipolar disorder or major depressive disorder, as increased agitation as a dimension of depression. What is called agitation can consist of expressions of painful inner tension or as disinhibited goal-directed behavior and thought. In bipolar disorder, elements of depression can be combined with those of mania. In this case, the agitation, in addition to increased motor activity and… 
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