Screening bipolar disorders in a general hospital: Psychometric findings for the Persian version of mood disorder questionnaire and bipolar spectrum diagnostic scale.

Although bipolar disorder patients experience relative under recognition of and inattention to their many physical diseases in mental health settings ( 7 ), the prevalence of mood disorders in general hospital settings is quite significant [17% based on Elisei et al study ( 8 )]; and according to National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS), there is an average 10% per year rise in the proportion of discharges with BD ( 9 ).

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