One Full Manic Episode
Requires at least one full manic episode (lasting at least 7 days or requiring hospitalization).
Description
A comprehensive, evidence-based guidebook for mental health professionals to diagnose, classify, and treat mental disorders. It provides specific sets of criteria (symptoms, duration, and severity) for each disorder, which clinicians use to determine if a patient meets the threshold for a diagnosis.
Directly Diagnoses
Possible Results / States
One Hypomanic Episode and One Major Depressive Episode
Requires at least one hypomanic episode (lasting at least 4 days) and at least one major depressive episode.