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## Abstract The reliability of the diagnosis of bipolar‐II disorder (BP‐II) is still a problem. Semi‐structured interviews by clinicians might partly overcome this problem. The aims of this study were to find the degree of agreement in the diagnosis of BP‐II between the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM‐IV (SCID) and a semi‐structured interview based on Angst's hypomania checklist (Angst et al., 2003), and to assess the priority among hypomanic symptoms for the diagnosis of BP‐II. Remitted depression outpatients (N = 102) were interviewed during a follow‐up visit using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM‐IV (SCID), and then with Angst's semi‐structured interview, following DSMIV criteria. Bipolar I (BP‐I) patients were excluded. Using the SCID, 29 patients were diagnosed BP‐II, 26 BP‐I, and 47 major depressive disorder (MDD). By the semi‐structured interview 69 patients were diagnosed BP‐II, 33 MDD, and none BP‐I. Agreement for the diagnosis of BP‐II between the two interviews was 53.9% (k = 0.18). Re‐analysis, after deleting the SCID question on the impact on functioning (DSM‐IV unclear boundary between BP‐I and BP‐II), increased agreement to 78.4% (k = 0.55). Elevated m

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Author

Franco Benazzi

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); Wiley-Blackwell; Wiley (ISSN 1049-8931)

Published

2004

Language

EN

Field

Psychology (Social Sciences)