Talk:Bipolar II disorder

Wikiproject Medicine; UCF College of Medicine
Hello, I am a fourth-year medical student participating in a Wikiproject Medicine course at the UCF College of Medicine. The objective of this course is to edit, update, and expand a current article related to medicine. I have included a workplan of my intended changes below: Lead: I plan to shorten parts of this section as some parts may be better suited for other sections of the article, along with reorganizing the section to improve readability. In addition, several sections of article contain uncited statements that may be interpreted as value statements; plan to modify or cite accordingly Causes: I plan to move this section above signs/symptoms section. I believe that the topic most understandable if the article goes in the sequence of causes/etiology, signs/symptoms, diagnosis/differential diagnosis, and management. In addition, will add citations where missing Signs and Symptoms: Section requires several citations and will benefit from a prose format rather than bullet points. Diagnosis: Will reorganize and add additional specifiers so that condition is consistent with full DSM-V diagnostic criteria. Part comparing Bipolar I and II is better suited in a differential diagnosis section. Several sentences can also benefit from stronger evidence sources Differential Diagnoses: Plan to add a new section for differential diagnoses that includes hyperlinks. Plan to add a table comparison between Bipolar I and Bipolar II Treatment: Several parts of the medication section utilize single RCTs, rather than systematic review as citations; will verify and expand on this subsection with stronger evidence sources. Furthermore, I plan to expand on the non-pharmaceutical therapies sub-section. Epidemiology: Plan to add a new section per recommended Wikipedia Manual of Style to include factors such as incidence, prevalence, age distribution, and sex ratio Additional Images: Plan to add additional images to article Thanks! Timqle (talk) 18:26, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

WikiProject Medicine Feedback
Hi Timqle, please see my feedback below.

Lead: The lead is very succinct and provides a great introduction to the disorder. While your edits made it more accessible, I wonder if it can be modified more because the introduction still provides definitions and figures that can be helpful in an expanded subsection below rather than an overview section as here.

Causes: Great idea moving it up here, it flows a lot better! My only suggestions would be to link to the parts of the brain that are affected so the reader can obtain more knowledge about the neuroanatomy and potentially add a sentence or two to describe what the normal function would be, if appropriate.

Signs and Symptoms: Very well done! I think this section very appropriately describes the clinical signs and symptoms of the disorder in nice detail.

Diagnosis: Great section! Provides appropriate sourcing from the text needed to diagnose the disorder.

Differential Diagnoses: I think this section is crucial to the article. You did a wonderful job adding other similarly presenting conditions that others must consider in the diagnosis. It might benefit from expanding slightly to explain why they were on the differential but can be excluded with further workup.

Treatment: Great expansion to this section with sources. Perhaps adding common side effects or contraindications to each drug type could be helpful so people would know why or why not certain medications are appropriate.

Epidemiology: Great job here! Very informative to have these figures.

Additional Images: Great pictures!

Overall, great work on contributions to the page! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kbogd (talk • contribs) 17:53, 2 February 2022 (UTC)

Hi Kbogd! Thank you for the Peer Review. I will work on implementing the suggested changes! Timqle (talk) 17:47, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

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Image / graphic for bipolar disorder
Although pretty, the graphic included in the bipolar I disorder page AND the bipolar II disorder page is not accurate - the line in the image describing cyclothymia and normal mood are incorrect.

Cyclothymia is defined as features of hypomania - but not quite meeting criteria for hypomania - AND depressive episodes, which also do not quite meet criteria.

So - the cyclothymia line should not quite meet the same 'peaks' or 'troughs' which are described by bipolar affective disorder 1 or 2.

As you see - the image shows cyclothymia (black line) meeting the height for hypomania

Also - normal mood should show a fluctuation BENEATH the amplitudes of cyclothymia - whereas in the image it peaks at the height where cyclothymia should reach.

There are more accurate illustrations which demonstrate this (although perhaps less cosmetically appealing...) - such as the graphic from geeky medics

https://geekymedics.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Figure-1-Bipolar-Disorder-1.png

My sources for this information - I am a family physician, university lecturer for mental health and have defined the disorders using the criteria from the DSM-V. Samuelbrandsema (talk) 01:38, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

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Edits Comorbidity's
Edited to add that Bipolar disorder has comorbidity's & it's lifelong & it's genetic & the risk factors, I was also going to add a section about Ashkenazi Jews & Bipolar disorder when I explain that in relation to when in the middle ages lots of Ashkenazi Jews died it made the gene pool smaller leading to more conditions including Bipolar & Schizophrenia

There is evidence of the genetic comorbidity's Remote123457 (talk) 01:10, 26 October 2023 (UTC)


 * The source you added does not say that the two are comorbid. ... disco spinster   talk  02:46, 26 October 2023 (UTC)