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Q What is the sensitivity and specificity of the three different versions of the Mood Disorder Questionnaire-Adolescent version for the diagnosis of bipolar disorders?
METHODS
Design:
Diagnostic cohort study.
Setting:
Four outpatient psychiatric clinics, US; April 2002 to September 2003.
Patients:
104 adolescents (mean age 14.5 years; range 12–17 years; 54% female) attending outpatient psychiatric clinics.
Test:
Mood Disorder Questionnaire-Adolescent version (MDQ-A), which consists of 13 yes/no items about the presence of manic symptoms for periods of a week or more. Positive answers are summed to give a maximum score of 13. Three …
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For correspondence: Karen Dineen Wagner, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, TX 77555-0188, USA; kwagner{at}utmb.edu
Source of funding: GlaxoSmithKline.
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