Socio-demographic and clinical features between patients with bipolar disorder and ones with major depressive disorder

摘要

Objective Misdiagnoses of bipolar disorder(BD)as unipolar disorder(UPD)may lead to inappropriate treatment and poor outcomes.This study aimed to compare demographic and clinical features of patients with BD and MDD in China.Methods A total of 1 487 patients treated for MDD were consecutively evaluated in 13 psychiatric hospitals or units in China.The Mood Disorder Questionnaire(MDQ)and the Hypomania Checklist(HCL-