Table 3.
DSM-IV-TR Specifiers for the Mood Disorders
| A. Presenting state—for BP: manic, depressed, mixeda; for UP: single episode or recurrent |
| B. Severity: mild, moderate, severe without or with psychotic featuresa; partial and full remission |
| C. Course/onset: chronic (symptoms over 2 y)a, seasonal affective D/O, rapid cyclinga (at least 4 episodes/y), postpartum onset (within 4 wk), with or without full interepisode recoverya |
| D. Features: catatonica, melancholic, atypicala |
Note: DSM-IV-TR, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision; BP, bipolar; UP, unipolar; D/O, disorders.
a
Signs and symptoms associated or confused with schizophrenia.