Talk:Bipolar Spectrum Diagnostic Scale

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I am changing the importance to medium, because (a) bipolar disorder is one of the most impairing mental health conditions (see WHO Global Burden of Disease studies), (b) it is so frequently misdiagnosed; (c) failure to detect bipolar disorder leads to delayed or inappropriate treatment; (d) the BSDS has accumulated a fair amount of evidence supporting its validity across settings; (e) the BSDS performs in the top tier in a meta-analysis comparing all rating scales, tied with the MDQ, GBI, and HCL.

As time permits, I will loop back and add citations, especially leaning on the meta-analysis as it becomes available.

Also, most mood disorder experts disagree with the conclusion of the 2009 paper cited. See reviews by Sheri Johnson and others (I will provide references). I am going to edit this to be more nuanced -- it is not a "don't use them" situation, but a "don't use simplistically." The BSDS is a very helpful screening tool, which should always be followed up by more detailed assessment, not used in isolation. I will add links to Evidence Based Medicine and Evidence Based Assessment to clarify this without going into a lot of technicalities in this page.

Cheers! Prof. Eric A. Youngstrom (talk) 15:45, 16 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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