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MDQ Bipolar Disorder Assessment

The Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ) is a screening tool for bipolar disorder. It consists of 15 yes or no questions about symptoms experienced during elevated mood periods, including increased energy, decreased need for sleep, racing thoughts, distractibility, and risky behaviors. Respondents are asked if they experienced several symptoms simultaneously and to rate the level of problem caused by any symptoms. A positive screen is indicated by experiencing numerous symptoms simultaneously or symptoms causing moderate or serious problems.

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MDQ Bipolar Disorder Assessment

The Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ) is a screening tool for bipolar disorder. It consists of 15 yes or no questions about symptoms experienced during elevated mood periods, including increased energy, decreased need for sleep, racing thoughts, distractibility, and risky behaviors. Respondents are asked if they experienced several symptoms simultaneously and to rate the level of problem caused by any symptoms. A positive screen is indicated by experiencing numerous symptoms simultaneously or symptoms causing moderate or serious problems.

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Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ)

Instructions:
Has there ever been a period of time when you were not your usual self and...

Yes No

...you felt so good or so hyper that other people thought you


1 were not your normal self or you were so hyper that you got 1 0
into trouble?
...you were so irritable that you shouted at people or
2
started fights or arguments?
1 0

3 ...you felt much more self-confident than usual? 1 0

...you got much less sleep than usual and found you
4
didn’t really miss it?
1 0

...you were much more talkative or spoke faster than


5
usual?
1 0

...thoughts raced through your head or you couldn’t


6
slow your mind down?
1 0

...you were so easily distracted by things around you


7
that you had trouble concentrating or staying on track?
1 0

8 ...you had much more energy than usual? 1 0

...you were much more active or did many more


9
things than usual?
1 0

...you were much more social or outgoing than usual, for


10
example, you telephoned friends in the middle of the night? 1 0

11 ...you were much more interested in sex than usual? 1 0


...you did things that were unusual for you or that other
12 people might have thought were excessive, foolish, or 1 0
risky?

13 ...spending money got you or your family into trouble? 1 0


If you checked YES to more than one of the above, have
14 several of these ever happened during the same period of 1 0
time?

No problem Minor problem Moderate problem Serious problem

How much of a problem did any of these cause you — like


15 being unable to work; having family, money, or legal 0 1 2 3
troubles; getting into arguments or fights?

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Developer Reference:
Hirschfeld, R. M., Williams, J. B., Spitzer, R. L., Calabrese, J. R., Flynn, L., Keck, P. E., Jr, Lewis, L., McElroy,
S. L., Post, R. M., Rapport, D. J., Russell, J. M., Sachs, G. S., & Zajecka, J. (2000). Development and
validation of a screening instrument for bipolar spectrum disorder: the Mood Disorder Questionnaire. The
American Journal of Psychiatry, 157(11), 1873–1875. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.157.11.1873

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