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Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ)

15 question self-report to screen for bipolar disorder

Questions

1.Has there ever been a period of time when you were not your usual self and you felt so good or so hyper that other people thought you were not your normal self or you were so hyper that you got into trouble?
2.Has there ever been a period of time when you were not your usual self and you were so irritable that you shouted at people or started fights or arguments?
3.Has there ever been a period of time when you were not your usual self and you felt much more self-confident than usual?
4.Has there ever been a period of time when you were not your usual self and you got much less sleep than usual and found you didn’t really miss it?
5.Has there ever been a period of time when you were not your usual self and you were much more talkative or spoke faster than usual?
6.Has there ever been a period of time when you were not your usual self and thoughts raced through your head or you couldn’t slow your mind down?
7.Has there ever been a period of time when you were not your usual self and you were so easily distracted by things around you that you had trouble concentrating or staying on track?
8.Has there ever been a period of time when you were not your usual self and you had much more energy than usual?
9.Has there ever been a period of time when you were not your usual self and you were much more active or did many more things than usual?
10.Has there ever been a period of time when you were not your usual self and you were much more social or outgoing than usual, for example, you telephoned friends in the middle of the night?
11.Has there ever been a period of time when you were not your usual self and you were much more interested in sex than usual?
12.Has there ever been a period of time when you were not your usual self and you did things that were unusual for you or that other people might have thought were excessive, foolish, or risky?
13.Has there ever been a period of time when you were not your usual self and spending money got you or your family in trouble?
14.If you checked YES to more than one of the above, have several of these ever happened during the same period of time?
15.How much of a problem did any of these cause you — like being able to work; having family, money, or legal troubles; getting into arguments or fights?

About

The Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ) was developed by Robert M.A. Hirschfeld and colleagues, as a screening instrument for bipolar spectrum disorders in a psychiatric outpatient population. It includes 13 yes/no questions about bipolar symptoms and two additional questions about symptom co-occurrence and impaired functioning. The MDQ takes about 5 minutes to complete and has been translated into 19 languages.

The MDQ was developed as a screening tool for bipolar disorder, and assesses symptoms of mania and hypomania based on the DSM-IV criteria for bipolar disorder. It is not ideal for diagnosis nor has any utility in monitor treatment progress, due to variable psychometric properties, such as internal consistency, sensitivity and specificity in several studies. The most supported evidence is for its use as a screening tool in Bipolar I disorder, any positive screening should be followed up with a comprehensive clinical assessment.

References

Hirschfeld RM, Williams JB, Spitzer RL, et al.

Am J Psychiatry. 2000;157(11):1873-5.

Wang HR, Woo YS, Ahn HS, Ahn IM, Kim HJ, Bahk WM.

Depress Anxiety. 2015;32(7):527-38.

Zimmerman M, Galione JN.

Harv Rev Psychiatry. 2011;19(5):219-28.

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1. Has there ever been a period of time when you were not your usual self and you felt so good or so hyper that other people thought you were not your normal self or you were so hyper that you got into trouble?

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