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Old Dec 19, 2011, 07:29 AM
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Thanks for the feedback; the quiz has been fixed to reflect the proper differentiation between the two disorders.

There is indeed a lot of misinformation and confusion between the two disorders. The reality is that there isn't a clear solid line that classifies as a person as one or the other.

The main symptom list for the two disorders is exactly the same.

The main differentiation is that bipolar II hypomanic episodes can be of a shorter duration (4 days instead of a week), a person has not experienced a hospitalization due to their hypomanic episode, there is no marked occupational or social functioning (e.g., the person can still go to work, even while in the midst of a hypomanic episode), and there's no psychotic features present.

Sorry to add to the confusion with the quiz wording.

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