Author:
Bardenshteyn Leonid M.,Osipova N. N,Slavgorodsky Ya. M,Beglyankin N. I,Aleshkina G. A,Turansky M. M
Abstract
The article presents review of modern publications concerning studies of bipolar affective disorder type II. The materials are summing up concerning national and international studies of characteristics of clinical course of depressions and hypo-maniacal states within the framework of bipolar affective disorder type II, problems of differential diagnostic of bipolar affective disorder within spectrum of affective pathology. The significance of studying of pre-morbid background in case of bipolar affective disorder type II, co-morbid states for prognosis of course of disease is demonstrated. The screening, diagnostic and estimated scales and questionnaires are considered including principles of their application as an add-on to actual international diagnostic systems ICD-10, DSM-IV-TR, DSM-V.