Clinicians are most likely to diagnose people who have four or more episodes of major depression, mania, hypomania, or mixed symptoms with

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The criteria for bipolar disorder, rapid cycling, is the presence of four or more episodes of major depression, mania, hypomania, or mixed symptoms within a year. Therefore, clinicians are most likely to diagnose someone with this disorder if they meet these criteria. Persistent depressive disorder is characterized by a long-term (2 years or more) depressed mood, whereas major depressive disorder is characterized by episodic, but recurrent, episodes of major depression. Recurrent cyclothymic disorder refers to a chronic cycling of hypomanic and depressive symptoms, but does not necessarily meet the criteria for full-blown episodes of mania or major depression.

Clinicians Are Most Likely to Diagnose People Who Have Four