Table of Contents

Global assessment scales.- Detection of bipolar I.- Detection of bipolar II.- Assessment of depression in bipolar disorder.- Assessment of mania in bipolar disorder.- Assessment of hypomania.- Health-related quality of life assessment in bipolar disorder.- Assessment of pediatric bipolar disorder.- Assessment of comorbidities.- Assessment of functioning.- Assessment of suicidality.

About the Author

Eduard Vieta is Professor of Psychiatry and the Director of the Bipolar Disorders Program of the Hospital Clinic at the University of Barcelona, Spain. His program is dedicated to providing excellent healthcare for people with bipolar disorder, ducation and research, and has received worldwide recognition. Professor Vieta also serves as Director of Research at the Clinical Institute of Neuroscience at the same institution and has been an invited Professor at Harvard University, Boston, USA.