Malhi, Gin S. and Berk, Michael 2015, Bipolar disorder: a troubled diagnosisTroublesome disguises: managing challenging disorders in psychiatry, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, Eng., pp.153-165.
Bipolar disorder is indeed a troubled diagnosis. Conceived from manic-depressive illness, bipolar disorder is a much narrower concept by virtue of the emphasis placed in modern psychiatric taxonomy on polarity rather than recurrence of mood episodes. At first, this "new diagnosis" floundered and received little attention, but once it established itself, it steadily gained interest throughout the "decade of the brain." By the beginning of the new millennium bipolar disorder was perfectly poised for a phenomenal expansion. Its rapid growth led to a proliferation of bipolar subtypes, each of which quickly gained disorder status, wrongly insinuating a disease entity. Prompted by the recent launch of DSM-5 and the imminent arrival of ICD-11, questions are being asked about this complex diagnosis, which has been so problematic, especially in children. This chapter discusses the evolution of bipolar disorder, in the hope that an understanding of its origins will shed light on why it remains such a troublesome diagnosis.
ISBN
9781118799574
Edition
2 ed
Language
eng
Field of Research
110319 Psychiatry (incl Psychotherapy)
Socio Economic Objective
920410 Mental Health
HERDC Research category
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