Diagnosis Detective: Accurately Identifying Bipolar Depression

In this episode, Greg W. Mattingly, MD, and Vladimir Maletic, MD, have a conversation about the complexities of accurately diagnosing bipolar depression. Bipolar depression can be difficult to differentiate from other psychiatric conditions, such as unipolar depression, depression with mixed features, ADHD, PTSD, and anxiety. This differential is made more challenging in that patients with bipolar depression often have psychiatric comorbidities with overlapping symptomology. Listen as the 2 psychiatrists share their insights on how to act as detectives and weed through clues from current symptoms, past symptoms, and family history to reach an accurate diagnosis.