Maybe you have watched your energy and mood swing further than the people around you seem to, and every past label only ever named part of it. You are looking for an honest, complete picture, not a shortcut. Our Bipolar Disorder Evaluations in West Bend, WI are designed to deliver exactly that, and no referral is needed to get going.
We ground each evaluation in a baseline of cognitive and executive function, then fold in mood measures and a careful, year by year history of how your moods have moved. One licensed psychologist manages the process end to end, screening thoughtfully for the depression, anxiety, ADHD, and trauma that bipolar is so often taken for.
For children, mood patterns are examined carefully and patiently, because countless conditions look the same when a child is small. What matters is seeing the full picture develop over time, not landing on a quick label that might not hold up.
For teens, look for separate phases of elevated or irritable, high octane mood dropping into low, depressed periods, along with altered sleep, impulsive choices, and mood changes that clearly move beyond the usual push and pull of adolescence.
For adults, it tends to surface as bouts of expansive or irritable energy swapping places with real depression, with sleep, activity, and judgment all in flux, and a history that has simply never sat right under one single explanation.
Things begin with a one hour clinical interview in which your psychologist compiles a detailed history of your mood, energy, and behavior from childhood into your everyday life now. That history is what reveals the cycling that distinguishes bipolar disorder from other mood conditions, and it directs the assessments that follow.
Your psychologist then builds a battery of mood and psychological assessments matched to you, typically 2 to 6 hours of in person testing over one to two days. Self report questionnaires travel home with you, and a close family member or friend can complete their own to reflect your mood over time. ADHD, anxiety, or depression are screened for wherever they show.
Everything gathered, the testing data, the clinical observations, and the questionnaire results, comes together in a single detailed diagnostic report. Because getting the differential right is so crucial with bipolar disorder, your psychologist weighs mood patterns, episode history, and symptom presentation with care, documenting any co occurring conditions in full.
Approximately two to three weeks later, you return for a feedback session. Your psychologist walks you through the diagnosis and shares individualized recommendations spanning treatment planning, evidence based therapy options, medication considerations, lifestyle management strategies, and next steps tailored to where you are.
No, you do not. A referral is never a requirement at Core Spring Diagnostics. You are free to contact us directly, for any reason, and start whenever suits you.
A thorough clinical interview and history, a cognitive and executive function baseline, mood measures, and careful screening for the conditions bipolar can resemble, all guided by one psychologist.
Because bipolar patterns are easily taken for depression, anxiety, ADHD, and trauma, and the right support depends on separating them. A careful evaluation and a detailed history are what make that separation possible.
Yes. We evaluate teens as well as adults, and with younger clients we treat mood patterns cautiously, given how many conditions look similar early in life.
A report written in plain language and a feedback session that provides individualized recommendations and a clear path toward the support that is right for you.
Give us a call at (414) 387-2100 to arrange your first consultation. We will talk through your questions and settle on a time that works for you.
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