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Low self-recognition and awareness of past hypomanic and manic episodes in the general population

Overview of attention for article published in International Journal of Bipolar Disorders, October 2015
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Title
Low self-recognition and awareness of past hypomanic and manic episodes in the general population
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International Journal of Bipolar Disorders, October 2015
DOI 10.1186/s40345-015-0039-8
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Eline J. Regeer, Ralph W. Kupka, Margreet ten Have, Wilma Vollebergh, Willem A. Nolen

Abstract

Bipolar disorder is often underdiagnosed and undertreated. Its detection and correct diagnosis highly relies on the report of past hypomanic or manic episodes. We investigated the recognition and awareness of past hypomanic and manic episodes in a sample of respondents with bipolar disorder selected from a general population study. In a reappraisal study from the Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study (NEMESIS), we further investigated 40 respondents with lifetime bipolar disorder confirmed by the structured clinical interview for DSM-IV (SCID). Respondents were asked about awareness of past depressive, manic and hypomanic episodes, illness characteristics and treatment history. Most respondents (82.5 %) recognized that they had experienced a depressive episode while 75 % had consulted a health professional for a depressive episode. Only a minority (22.5 %) recognized that they had experienced a (hypo)manic episode and only 17.5 % had consulted a health professional for a (hypo)manic episode. Only 12.5 % of the respondents reported having received a diagnosis of bipolar disorder. Recognition of previous (hypo)manic episodes was not related to severity of bipolar disorder. In routine clinical practice history-taking on a syndromal level, i.e., only inquiring whether a patient presenting with depression ever experienced a hypomanic or manic episode or received treatment for such an episode, is not sufficient to confirm or exclude a diagnosis of bipolar disorder. Other efforts, such as an interview with a significant other and the use of self report questionnaires or (semi-)structured interviews may be needed to recognize previous manic symptoms in patients with depression.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Australia 1 2%
Unknown 65 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Postgraduate 9 14%
Student > Doctoral Student 7 11%
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 11%
Researcher 6 9%
Student > Bachelor 5 8%
Other 8 12%
Unknown 24 36%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 15 23%
Medicine and Dentistry 15 23%
Neuroscience 5 8%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 3%
Engineering 2 3%
Other 5 8%
Unknown 22 33%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 18. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 August 2016.
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