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DSM-V: modifying the postpartum-onset specifier to include hypomania

By failing to include it under the rubric of the postpartum-onset specifier, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)-IV-TR has ignored the clinical reality that childbirth is a potent trigger of hypomania. Given the serious and occasionally tragic consequences of misdiagnosis of...

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Autores principales: Sharma, Verinder, Burt, Vivien K.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Vienna 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3032179/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20872155
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00737-010-0182-2
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description By failing to include it under the rubric of the postpartum-onset specifier, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)-IV-TR has ignored the clinical reality that childbirth is a potent trigger of hypomania. Given the serious and occasionally tragic consequences of misdiagnosis of bipolar II depression as unipolar depression in the postpartum period, it is argued that DSM-V should consider modifying the postpartum-onset specifier to include episodes of hypomania.
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spelling pubmed-30321792011-03-16 DSM-V: modifying the postpartum-onset specifier to include hypomania Sharma, Verinder Burt, Vivien K. Arch Womens Ment Health Short Communication By failing to include it under the rubric of the postpartum-onset specifier, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)-IV-TR has ignored the clinical reality that childbirth is a potent trigger of hypomania. Given the serious and occasionally tragic consequences of misdiagnosis of bipolar II depression as unipolar depression in the postpartum period, it is argued that DSM-V should consider modifying the postpartum-onset specifier to include episodes of hypomania. Springer Vienna 2010-09-25 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3032179/ /pubmed/20872155 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00737-010-0182-2 Text en © The Author(s) 2010 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
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title DSM-V: modifying the postpartum-onset specifier to include hypomania
title_full DSM-V: modifying the postpartum-onset specifier to include hypomania
title_fullStr DSM-V: modifying the postpartum-onset specifier to include hypomania
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3032179/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20872155
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