Validation of the hypomania interview guide-seasonal affective disorder (HIGH-SAD) version in patients with rapid cycling bipolar disorder

• Published in: Depression and anxiety Vol. 8; no. 4; pp. 166 - 168
• Main Authors: Feldman-Naim, Susana, Lowe, Catherine H., Myers, Frances S., Turner, Erick H., Weinstock, Lauren M., Leibenluft, Ellen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York John Wiley & Sons, Inc 1998
• Subjects: Adult; bipolar disorder; Bipolar Disorder - diagnosis; Bipolar Disorder - psychology; Female; Humans; hypomania; Male; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; rapid cycling; Reproducibility of Results; Seasonal Affective Disorder - diagnosis; Seasonal Affective Disorder - psychology; Severity of Illness Index
• ISSN: 1091-4269; 1520-6394
• DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6394(1998)8:4<166::AID-DA6>3.0.CO;2-1

We validated the Hypomania Interview Guide‐Seasonal Affective Disorder (HIGH‐SAD) version in patients with rapid cycling bipolar disorder (RCBD). Fourteen outpatients were rated on six separate occasions (total= 84 visits). On each visit the patients were rated with the HIGH‐SAD and the Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS) in a counterbalanced order. Clinical assessment was completed at the end of the visit by the treating psychiatrist. Patients were assessed as hypomanic/manic on 22 of the visits. Pearson correlation coefficient between the YMRS total scores and the HIGH‐SAD total scores for those 22 visits in which patients were hypomanic/manic was r= 0.629 (P< 0.05) and for all visits was r= 0.769 (P<0.0001). Analysis with only one rating per patient yielded a Pearson correlation coefficient of r=0.792 (P<0.0004). We found that the HIGH‐SAD was a valid scale for the measurement of hypomania in patients with RCBD. However, the scale does not differentiate hypomania from mania in this group of patients. Depression and Anxiety 8:166–168, 1998. Published 1998 Wiley‐Liss, Inc. This article is a US Government work and, as such, is in the public domain in the United States of America.