Bipolar I Disorder: Diagnostic Criteria and Additional Symptoms

Bipolar I Disorder: Diagnostic Criteria (DSM 5) and Additional Symptoms Name Institutional Affiliation Bipolar I Disorder: DSM-5 Diagnostic Criteria and Additional Symptoms Diagnostic Criteria The diagnostic criteria for bipolar I disorder will be met if individuals present with at least one or more manic episodes in their lifetime in the presence or absence of mixed features. In the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), the diagnosis of a manic episode requires following criteria A-D as provided in the manual (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). * A distinct period of insistently and unusually elevated, irritable, and expansive mood and persistently and abnormally increased goal-directed energy or activity that lasts for a minimum of seven days in most of these days, or almost daily (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). * Three or more of the following symptoms are presented to a significant degree during periods of increased activity or energy and mood disturbance (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). These symptoms include:- 1 Grandiosity or increased self-esteem 2 A declined need for sleep, where individuals feel rested following 3 hours of sleep 3 Becoming more talkative than normal or experience pressure to continue talking 4 An experience in flight of subjective experience or flight of ideas that opinions are racing. 5 Observed or reported distractibility or easy to lose attention to irrelevant or less important external stimuli 6 Increased goal-directed activities such as sexually, socially, and at school or workplace or augmented psychomotor agitation or non-goal-directed activity. 7 Too much involvement in activities with high chances of leading to painful outcomes, such as engaging in sexual indiscretions, uncontrolled buying extravaganzas, or foolish investments in business. * Severe mood disturbance that is results in marked impairment in work or social functioning. The severity may d...