Nasr Al Balushi

Bipolar spectrum disorders in apparent treatment-resistant depression: diagnostic pitfalls and implications for contemporary psychiatric practice

Patients referred with apparent treatment-resistant depression (TRD) are a diagnostically heterogeneous group. A clinically important minority have unrecognised bipolar spectrum disorders (BSD), most commonly bipolar II disorder, cyclothymic disorder or depressive episodes with mixed features. Misclassification may r...