Validation of the greek version of the hypomania checklist HCL-32 (Hypomania Checklist-32) and identification of the incidence of bipolar spectrum disorders in major depression

Abstract

Bipolar Disorder, which is a severe and relapsing mental illness associated with the deregulation of mood and thought, is often diagnosed and treated, incorrectly, as Unipolar Depression, with negative effects on quality of life of patients suffering from this and in their clinical course, as well. Simultaneously, the presence of hypomanic symptoms in people suffering from depression is an important predictive variable for the development of bipolar disorder and for this reason, a tool for self-assessment of patients for the identification of hypomanic symptoms is very useful for clinical diagnosis of under-diagnosed cases of this disease. HCL-32 (Hypomania Checklist-32), which has been developed in recent years and widely applied, is the axis of research of this thesis, whose purpose is the weighting of this instrument in Greek population, in order to investigate the effectiveness and its validity in identifying hypomanic symptoms and, consequently, bipolarity. According to statistica ...
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DOI
10.12681/eadd/28424
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http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/28424
ND
28424
Alternative title
Στάθμιση του ερωτηματολογίου αυτό-αναφοράς υπομανιακών συμπτωμάτων HCL-32 (Hypomania Checklist-32) στον Ελληνικό πληθυσμό και διερεύνηση της επίπτωσης των διαταραχών του διπολικού φάσματος σε ασθενείς με διάγνωση μείζονος κατάθλιψης
Author
Dimellis, Dimos (Father's name: Ioannis)
Date
2011
Degree Grantor
Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki (AUTH)
Committee members
Γκιουζέπας Ιωάννης
Φωκάς Κωνσταντίνος
Λαυρεντιάδης Γρηγόριος
Ιακωβίδης Απόστολος
Νηματούδης Ιωάννης
Διακογιάννης Ιωάννης
Φουντουλάκης Κωνσταντίνος
Discipline
Medical and Health SciencesHealth Sciences
Keywords
Bipolar disorder; Depression; Hypomania; Questionnaire
Country
Greece
Language
Greek
Description
tbls., fig., ch., ind.
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