Overdiagnosis of bipolar disorder and disability payments

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 198, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 452-454

  Zimmerman, Mark ^a,b   Galione, Janine N ^b   Ruggero, Camilo J ^b   Chelminski, Iwona ^a,b   Dalrymple, Kristy ^a,b   Young, Diane ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Disability; Overdiagnosis; Secondary gain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; OVERDIAGNOSIS; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE BENEFITS; INSURANCE, DISABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77953355071     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181e084e1     Document Type: Article

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