Development of the Bipolar Inventory of Symptoms Scale: concurrent validity, discriminant validity and retest reliability

• Published in: International journal of methods in psychiatric research Vol. 17; no. 4; pp. 198 - 209
• Main Authors: Gonzalez, Jodi M., Bowden, Charles L., Katz, Martin M., Thompson, Peter, Singh, Vivek, Prihoda, Thomas J., Dahl, Martha
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.12.2008
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; bipolar disorder; Bipolar Disorder - diagnosis; Bipolar Disorder - psychology; Depressive Disorder, Major - diagnosis; Depressive Disorder, Major - psychology; Diagnosis, Differential; Disability Evaluation; Female; Humans; Interview, Psychological; Male; Middle Aged; Personality Assessment - statistics & numerical data; psychiatric status rating scales; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales - statistics & numerical data; psychological assessment; psychometrics; Psychometrics - statistics & numerical data; Reference Values; Reproducibility of Results; Young Adult

Scales used in studies of bipolar disorder have generally been standardized with major depressive or hospitalized manic patients. A clinician rated scale based on a semi‐structured interview for persons with bipolar disorder, with comprehensive coverage of bipolar symptomatology, is needed. We repor...