The diagnosis of hypomania in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition (DSM-IV), has the same seven criteria as mania, except only three of the symptoms must be present and the hypomania must last at least:
a. 1 day
b. 4 days
c. 1 week
d. 1 month
B
The defining characteristics of hypomania include the same seven criteria for mania, but to diagnose hypomania, only three symptoms need to be present. These three symptoms need only to have lasted 4 days. In contrast to mania, hypomanic symptoms need not cause any disturbances in functioning but must be observable by others.
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