Reliability and validity of a Brazilian version of the Hypomania Checklist (HCL-32) compared to the Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ) Confiabilidade e validação da versão brasileira do Questionário de Hipomania (HCL-32 VB) comparado ao Questionário de Transtornos de Humor (MDQ)

OBJECTIVE: Bipolar disorders are often not recognized and undertreated. The diagnosis of current or past episodes of hypomania is of importance in order to increase diagnostic certainty. The Hypomania Checklist-32 is a self-applied questionnaire aimed at recognizing these episodes. As part of the in...

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Main Authors: Odeilton Tadeu Soares, Doris Hupfeld Moreno, Eduardo Calmon de Moura, Jules Angst, Ricardo Alberto Moreno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2010-12-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
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