Q: Testing for Bipolar Disorder
Hello, I am going to get tested for bipolar disorder on the 21st
and I am curious as to how doctors test for this disorder?
Dear Dorothy --
Unfortunately, we have no "test"; at least no blood test or brain
scan or anything like that (yet). There is a questionnaire that works
reasonably well as an initial screening test -- meaning it could be wrong, but
it's a good general start. You can take that test on my website, here.
Dr. Phelps
Published July, 2001
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