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Volume 344:1251-1253 April 19, 2001 Number 16
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Managing Depression in Outpatients

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To the Editor: An important point in Whooley and Simon's review article on managing depression in outpatients (Dec. 28 issue)1 that needs greater emphasis is the differential diagnosis of depressive and bipolar disorders. Although most patients will truthfully admit to having had a manic episode if they are asked directly, few patients, in my experience, volunteer this information. A history of hypomania is not volunteered simply because having had periods of feeling very upbeat, having lots of energy, accomplishing a great deal, and needing less sleep than usual is unlikely to be viewed as evidence of illness. And yet bipolar . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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