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Mood Disorder Questionnaire

This document contains a Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ) which asks respondents questions about symptoms of mania and hypomania. The MDQ asks respondents if they have experienced various symptoms over an extended period of time, as well as how problematic any symptoms have been. The MDQ was developed to screen for bipolar spectrum disorder.

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Mood Disorder Questionnaire

This document contains a Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ) which asks respondents questions about symptoms of mania and hypomania. The MDQ asks respondents if they have experienced various symptoms over an extended period of time, as well as how problematic any symptoms have been. The MDQ was developed to screen for bipolar spectrum disorder.

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Mood Disorder Questionnaire

NAME: DATE COMPLETED:

1 Has there ever been a period of time when you were not your usual self and … Responses

… you felt so good or so hyper that other people thought you were not your normal self or you were so hyper that
Yes
you got into trouble?

… you were so irritable that you shouted at people or started fights or arguments? No

… you felt much more self-confident than usual? No

… you got much less sleep than usual and found that you didn’t really miss it? Yes

… you were more talkative or spoke much faster than usual? Yes

…thoughts raced through your head or you couldn’t slow your mind down? Yes

… you were so easily distracted by things around you that you had trouble concentrating or staying on track? No

… you had much more energy than usual? Yes

… you were much more active or did many more things than usual? Yes

… you were much more social or outgoing than usual; for example, you telephoned friends in the middle of the
No
night?

… you were much more interested in sex than usual? No

… you did things that were unusual for you or that other people might have thought were excessive, foolish, or
Yes
risky?

… spending money got you or your family into trouble? No

Have several of these ever happened during the same period of time? (Manic symptoms lasting for at least 1
2 Yes
week and depressive symptoms lasting for 2 weeks)

How much of a problem did any of these cause you? (like being unable to work; having family, money, or legal
3 Moderate Problem
troubles; and/or getting into arguments or fights)

The Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ) was developed by Robert M. A. Hirschfeld, MD (University of Texas Medical Branch), and published in the American Journal of Psychiatry. (Hirschfeld
RMA, Williams JBW, Spitzer RL, et al. Development and validation of a screening instrument for bipolar spectrum disorder: the Mood Disorder Questionnaire. Am J Psychiatry. 2000;157:1873-
1875) © 2009, 2000 Robert M.A Hirschfield, MD
US-VRA-230241

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