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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-2-12
pubmed:abstractText
The study goals were: a) to determine factors associated with diagnostic change from bipolar disorder (BPD) to other disorders and vice versa and b) to focus on subjects with diagnostic changes specifically between BPD and schizophrenia. A total of 936 subjects with at least four hospitalizations within 7 years were identified from the hospital database to study the first goal. A subset of 443 subjects with initial and final diagnoses of bipolar disorder and/or schizophrenia was used for the second goal. Sixty-eight (28.9%) of 235 subjects with an initial diagnosis of BPD changed to another diagnosis, whereas 113 (16.1%) of 701 subjects with a non BPD diagnosis had a diagnostic change to BPD at a later episode. Only 8 of 43 subjects entering the study period with a diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder still had that diagnosis at the end of the period. Results suggest that diagnostic flux between BPD and other disorders, especially schizophrenia, is relatively frequent. Gender, ethnicity, and substance abuse/dependence have prominent roles in these diagnostic changes. Severity and variability of the course of illness and progression of concurrent substance use disorder are crucial to understanding diagnostic flow in BPD.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0022-3018
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
186
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
17-23
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9457143-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:9457143-African Americans, pubmed-meshheading:9457143-Age Factors, pubmed-meshheading:9457143-Bipolar Disorder, pubmed-meshheading:9457143-Cohort Studies, pubmed-meshheading:9457143-Comorbidity, pubmed-meshheading:9457143-Cross-Sectional Studies, pubmed-meshheading:9457143-Diagnosis, Differential, pubmed-meshheading:9457143-Diagnostic Errors, pubmed-meshheading:9457143-European Continental Ancestry Group, pubmed-meshheading:9457143-Female, pubmed-meshheading:9457143-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9457143-Male, pubmed-meshheading:9457143-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:9457143-Psychotic Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:9457143-Schizophrenia, pubmed-meshheading:9457143-Sensitivity and Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:9457143-Severity of Illness Index, pubmed-meshheading:9457143-Sex Factors, pubmed-meshheading:9457143-Substance-Related Disorders
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Stability of diagnosis in bipolar disorder.
pubmed:affiliation
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Harris County Psychiatric Center 77030, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article