Bipolar Disorder

Mood disorders.

“…Patients complete the social rhythm metric (SRM) each week-a self monitoring tool to facilitate optimal daily rhythms that records five daily activities (out of bed, first contact with another person, start work/school/ volunteer/family care, dinner, to bed), whether each occurred alone or with others, and whether or not they involved social stimulation. Patients also rate their moods daily, similar to other life charting methods (Youngstrom et al, 2020).…”

“…look like those of other conditions and because stigma, cultural issues, and lack of familiarity with mental health all create obstacles to accurate iden tification (Youngstrom et al, 2020). Fortunately, there has been a lot of work developing and validating screening and detection tools for depression (Stockings et al, 2015) and BD (Hunsley & Mash, 2018;Youngstrom et al, 2018).…”