Psychiatry

Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ)

Screening tool for bipolar spectrum disorders

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Input Parameters

Has there ever been a period when you felt so good or hyper that others thought you were not your normal self?

So irritable that you shouted at people or started fights or arguments?

Much more self-confident than usual?

Got much less sleep than usual and found you didn't really miss it?

Much more talkative or spoke much faster than usual?

Thoughts raced through your head or you couldn't slow your mind down?

So easily distracted that the slightest interruption could throw you off track?

Much more energy than usual?

Much more active or did many more things than usual?

Much more social or outgoing than usual?

Much more interested in sex than usual?

Did things that were unusual or that others might have thought excessive, foolish, or risky?

Spending money got you or your family into trouble?

Did several of these symptoms happen during the same period of time?

How much of a problem did any of these cause?

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