Welcome to the Goldberg Bipolar Spectrum Screening Questionnaire, a Screening Test for Bipolar Spectrum Disorders

This 12-question self-test may help you become aware of some signs and symptoms of bipolar spectrum disorders. It is designed to screen for the possibility of a disorder in the bipolar spectrum in individuals, 18 or older, who have had at least one depression severe enough to have caused them distress and/or interfered with their functioning at home, work, school or in their interpersonal relationships. In other words, this quiz assumes that you have already experienced a depressive episode. Please read our disclaimer on psychological testing and our psychological testing privacy guarantee.

Completing this Psychological Screening Test

To take the questionnaire, please click the radio button next to the selection which best reflects how each statement applies to you. The items refer to how you have felt and behaved over much of your life. If you have usually felt one way, and have recently changed, your responses should reflect how you have USUALLY felt.

Take the Quiz

Please note: This test will only be scored correctly if you answer each one of the questions.

The 12 items below refer to how you have felt and behaved over much of your life. Choose the appropriate button.

1. At times I am much more talkative or speak much faster than usual.

  • Not at all
  • Just a little
  • Somewhat
  • Moderately
  • Quite a lot
  • Very much

2. There have been times when I was much more active or did many more things than usual.

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  • Just a little
  • Somewhat
  • Moderately
  • Quite a lot
  • Very much

3. I get into moods where I feel very speeded up or irritable.

  • Not at all
  • Just a little
  • Somewhat
  • Moderately
  • Quite a lot
  • Very much

4. There have been times when I have felt both high (elated) and low (depressed) at the same time.

  • Not at all
  • Just a little
  • Somewhat
  • Moderately
  • Quite a lot
  • Very much

5. At times I have been much more interested in sex than usual.

  • Not at all
  • Just a little
  • Somewhat
  • Moderately
  • Quite a lot
  • Very much

6. My self-confidence ranges from great self-doubt to equally great overconfidence.

  • Not at all
  • Just a little
  • Somewhat
  • Moderately
  • Quite a lot
  • Very much

7. There have been GREAT variations in the quantity or quality of my work.

  • Not at all
  • Just a little
  • Somewhat
  • Moderately
  • Quite a lot
  • Very much

8. For no apparent reason I sometimes have been VERY angry or hostile.

  • Not at all
  • Just a little
  • Somewhat
  • Moderately
  • Quite a lot
  • Very much

9. I have periods of mental dullness and other periods of very creative thinking.

  • Not at all
  • Just a little
  • Somewhat
  • Moderately
  • Quite a lot
  • Very much

10. At times I am greatly interested in being with people and at other times I just want to be left alone with my thoughts.

  • Not at all
  • Just a little
  • Somewhat
  • Moderately
  • Quite a lot
  • Very much

11. I have had periods of great optimism and other periods of equally great pessimism.

  • Not at all
  • Just a little
  • Somewhat
  • Moderately
  • Quite a lot
  • Very much

12. I have had periods of tearfulness and crying and other times when I laugh and joke excessively.

  • Not at all
  • Just a little
  • Somewhat
  • Moderately
  • Quite a lot
  • Very much

About Scoring this Psychological Questionnaire

Scoring:

  • 0 points Not at all
  • 1 point Just a little
  • 2 points Somewhat
  • 3 points Moderately
  • 4 points Quite a lot
  • 5 points Very much

Roughly speaking, the higher the score, the higher probability of a bipolar spectrum disorder, as opposed to major (unipolar) depression. When your quiz is scored, one of 3 different information pages will appear to describe the results for scores in your range.

Remember, this quiz assumes that you have already experienced a depressive episode.

Additional Information

The Goldberg Bipolar Spectrum Screening Questionnaire was developed by Dr Ivan Goldberg, MD.

This page was last reviewed by Dr Greg Mulhauser, Tuesday, 22 April 2008.

The URL of this page is:
http://counsellingresource.com/quizzes/goldberg-bipolar/