Goldberg: This screening instrument grew out of a depression screening instrument I put together a number of years ago.
TCR: You’ve put together a great screening instrument to help us with the diagnosis (available free at ).ĭr. Goldberg: I think the patients that provide the greatest challenge are those I often refer to as “crypto-bipolars.” These are folks who appear to have unipolar depression, but if you look a little harder and closer you will find a number of hints that, in fact, they may have something in the bipolar spectrum. I was hoping we could begin by discussing some of the tricky aspects of diagnosing bipolar disorder.ĭr.
Goldberg, I know you’ve spent a lot of time thinking about and treating bipolar disorder over the years, beginning when you were a researcher at NIMH, then on the faculty of Columbia University, and most recently in your private practice and your managing of Depression Central.
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