Misdiagnosis of Bipolar Disorder: Rare or Frequent?

Authors : Şuheda KAYA, Gülay TAŞCI, Sevda KORKMAZ, Murad ATMACA

Pages : 372-376

Doi:10.54005/geneltip.1178626

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Publication Date : 2023-08-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Background: As much there have been limited number of studies which have examined misdiagnosis of bipolar disorder, it is so difficult to say that there are enough systematic research to identify the diagnostic rate of bipolar disorder. On the other hand, we did not find any research in Turkey. For this reason, we wondered what is situation in our country in terms of misdiagnosis of bipolar disorder. Methods: The present study was done at xxx University, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry. Patients who were from both out-patient and in-patient clinics were included in the study. After a selection process, 171 patients with bipolar disorder were enrolled. In this group of patients, misdiagnosis of bipolar disorder were investigated. Results: 56.14 percent of patients had misdiagnosis of bipolar disorder. The most frequent misdiagnosis was fetermined to be major depressive disorder insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(in fifty cases, 54.3%);. Followings were schizoaffective disorder insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(in eighteen cases, 24.3%);, schizophrenia insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(in thirteen patients, 24.3%);, delusional disorder insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(in thirteen patients, 24.3%);, dysthymic disorder insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(in ten cases, 15.9%);, generalized anxiety disorder insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(in ten cases, 15.9%);, obsessive compulsive disorder insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(in seven cases, 12.6%);, paranoid personality disorder insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(in two cases, 4.1%);. Conclusions: The results of the study suggest that bipolar disorder is frequently misdiagnosed one and that the most frequent misdagnoses were majör depressive disorder and following psychotic spectrum disorders. Clinicians should be aware of frequent misdiagnosis in patients with bipolar disorder.
Keywords : bipolar bozukluk, yanlış tanı, sıklık