Bipolar Disorder Not Otherwise Specified

Diagnosis of bipolar disorder not otherwise specified can be establised if the patient shows symptoms of depression and manic as the main symptoms that arise from their disorder and do not meet diagnostic criteria for other mood disorders or DSM-IV-TR mental disorders.

The bipolar disorder not otherwise specified includes bipolar disorder with symptoms that do not meet certain criteria for bipolar disorder. examples of the symptoms include:

1. Very rapid alternation (over days) between manic symptoms and depressive symptoms that meet symptom threshold criteria but not minimal duration criteria for manic, hypomanic, or major depressive episodes
2. Recurrent hypomanic episodes without intercurrent depressive symptoms
3. A manic or mixed episode superimposed on delusional disorder, residual schizophrenia, or psychotic disorder not otherwise specified
4. Hypomanic episodes, along with chronic depressive symptoms, that are too infrequent to qualify for a diagnosis of cyclothymic disorder
5. Situations in which the clinician has concluded that a bipolar disorder is present but is unable to determine whether it is primary, due to a general medical condition, or substance induced

Several criteria above guide physicians to has reason in establish diagnosis of bipolar disorder not otherwise specified, similar as other mood disorders not otherwise specified.such as Minor depressive disorder, depressive disorder not otherwise specified and other.

The primary treatment of substance-induced mood disorder is the identification of the causally involved substance. Stopping the intake of the substance usually suffices to cause the mood disorder symptoms to abate. If the symptoms linger, treatment of bipolar disorder not otherwise specified with appropriate psychiatric drugs may be necessary.