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Table 5 Assignment of the six DSM-5 depressive symptoms for (hypo)mania with mixed features specifier to selected IDS-C items

From: Mania and bipolar depression: complementing not opposing poles—a post-hoc analysis of mixed features in manic and hypomanic episodes

DSM-5 depressive symptom (abbreviated)

Corresponding IDS-C item

1. Prominent dysphoria or depressed mood

5 (sad mood) * or 10*

2. Diminished interest or pleasure an all, or almost all, activities

19 (involvement) or 21 (pleasure/enjoyment)

3. Psychomotor retardation nearly every day

23 (psychomotor slowing)

4. Fatigue or loss of energy

20 ((energy/fatiguability)

5. Feelings of worthlessness or excessive or inappropriate guilt

16 (outlook-self)

6. Recurrent thoughts of death

18 (suicidal ideation)

  1. *A minimum score of 2 is needed to satisfy criterion