md_me_2
Md Me 2Field Label
Diagnostic criteria for manic episode
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1, A. A distinct period of abnormally and persistently elevated, expansive, or irritable mood, lasting at least one week (or any duration if hospitalization is necessary).
2, B.(1) Inflated self-esteem or grandiosity
3, B.(2) Decreased need for sleep (e.g., feels rested after only three hours of sleep)
4, B.(3) More talkative than usual or pressure to keep talking
5, B.(4) Flight or ideas or subjective experience that thoughts are racing
6, B.(5) Distractibility (i.e., attention too easily drawn to unimportant or irrelevant external stimuli)
7, B.(6) Increase in goal-directed activity (either socially, at work,or school, or sexually) or psychomotor agitation
8, B.(7) Excessive involment in pleasurable activities that have a high potential for painful consequences (e.g., engaging in unrestrained buying sprees, sexual indiscretions, or foolish business investments)
9, C. The symptoms do meet criteria for Mixed Episode.
10, D. The mood disturbance is sufficiently severe to cause marked impairment in occupational functioning or in usual social activities or relationships with others, or to necessitate hospitalization to prevent harm to self or others, or there are psychotic features.
11, E. The symptoms are not due to the direct physiological effects of a substance (e.g., a drug of abuse, a medication, or other treatment) or a general medical condition (e.g., hyperthyroidism),