Early Diagnosis of Mood Disorders: Focus on Bipolar Disorder and Major Depression
A special issue of Diagnostics (ISSN 2075-4418). This special issue belongs to the section "Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (23 December 2022) | Viewed by 5997
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Early diagnosis in psychiatry may represent a challenge for clinicians, although clear diagnostic criteria have been identified in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5). This categorical approach allows clinicians to understand each other all over the world, sharing fixed points to differentiate among all subtypes of mental disorders. Nevertheless, misdiagnosis is very frequent in psychiatry, occurring in at least 30–50% of cases (e.g. psychotic bipolar disorder is often initially diagnosed as delusional disorder or major depressive disorder). Notably, an early diagnosis may favour the choice of a proper treatment, helping to improve the long-term outcome of psychiatric patients. Moreover, the categorical approach may be sustained and integrated by a dimensional model that considers clinical features along a continuum between two specific disorders which present some clinical overlap. This approach is gaining increasing interest among researchers and clinicians, appearing particularly adherent to real life, but it needs further and in-depth studies to fully develop.
This Special Issue on “Diagnosis of Psychiatric Disorders” will cover all aspects of the diagnostic process in psychiatry, with particular focus on potential biological markers of mental disorders (especially those easily accessible in clinical practice) and on factors that could contribute to better defining symptoms dimensions and outcome of psychiatric disorders.
Dr. Alice Caldiroli
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- misdiagnosis
- biomarkers
- dimensional approach
- outcome
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