Validation of the hypomania interview guide-seasonal affective disorder (HIGH-SAD) version in patients with rapid cycling bipolar disorder

Autor: Lauren M. Weinstock, Erick H. Turner, Catherine H. Lowe, Ellen Leibenluft, Frances S. Myers, Susana Feldman-Naim
Rok vydání: 1998
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Zdroj: Depression and Anxiety. 8:166-168
ISSN: 1520-6394
1091-4269
Popis: We validated the Hypomania Interview Guide-Seasonal Affective Disorder (HIGH-SAD) version in patients with rapid cycling bipolar disorder (RCBD). Fourteen outpatients were rated on six separate occasions (total= 84 visits). On each visit the patients were rated with the HIGH-SAD and the Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS) in a counterbalanced order. Clinical assessment was completed at the end of the visit by the treating psychiatrist. Patients were assessed as hypomanic/manic on 22 of the visits. Pearson correlation coefficient between the YMRS total scores and the HIGH-SAD total scores for those 22 visits in which patients were hypomanic/manic was r= 0.629 (P< 0.05) and for all visits was r= 0.769 (P
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