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Category Archive: Professional Resources

Texas Medical Algorithms Project (TMAP)

(August 2005) This project (here is their website) has been underway for more than 5 years. There are […]

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Topiramate dosing

(updated 2/2006) Here’s the approach I’ve evolved, after watching people get substantial side effects, yet not showing those […]

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Expert Guidelines for Bipolar Treatment

So-and-so suggests Treatment A.  But you’ve heard about Treatment B.  Or maybe you are just not so sure […]

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The NIMH’s RDoC and the DSM-5

Two weeks before the DSM- 5 came out, the head of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) […]

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DSM-5 and the Mood Spectrum

(1/11/13) Summary: Here is the DSM-5 planning committee‘s discussion of whether to incorporate, somehow, a “spectrum” way of […]

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The Harvard Bipolar Clinic’s Dr. Gary Sachs

A 2005 Interview about Bipolarity This interview effectively introduces Harvard’s “Bipolarity Index“.  Three excerpts below illustrate Sachs’ style, and his […]

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The Bipolarity Index Interview

This is an important interview with Dr. Gary Sachs, head of the Harvard-associated Mood Disorders Clinic.  A short […]

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The Bipolarity Index

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The Bipolarity Index was first described in an article by Harvard’s Director of the Systematic Treatment Enhancement Program […]

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Scoring the MDQ

Scoring the Mood Disorders Questionnaire The following scores are the most indicative of having bipolar disorder, though be […]

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MDQ sensitivity and specificity

(Updated 12/2014) [mwm-aal-display] Introduction This is a technical discussion of how a test interacts with the prevalence of […]

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MoodCheck: Bipolar Screening

Download the Primary Care MoodCheck “They’re positive too often!” , says a primary care colleague about the Mood Disorders Questionnaire […]

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Hypomania Symptom Checklist (HCL-32)

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The HCL-32 is a screening tool for researchers trying to find people with bipolar disorder. This is one […]

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Scoring the BSDS

(Bipolar Spectrum Diagnostic Scale) Add your total of check marks from the first 19 sentences (click to go […]

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Subtleties of BSDS Score Interpretation

Dr. Ron Pies’ personal note regarding interpretation of his test… I was pleased to see that you included the […]

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The Bipolar Spectrum Diagnostic Scale

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Used by permission of Dr. Nassir Ghaemi and developer Dr. Ron Pies The BSDS is a test for subtle […]

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Medical Student Resource Center

Roadmaps Diagnoses and Psychiatric Medications: Word documents for tracking — print these and keep them with you Chart Review […]

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Primary Care Provider Resource Center

(updated 12/2014) Bipolarity Depression ADHD Screening  Diagnosis Treatment 9 Alternatives to Antidepressants Stopping AD’s in Bipolar Light therapy […]

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