Core Spring Diagnostics evaluates bipolar concerns in children, teens, and adults from Hales Corners. One psychologist guides the whole assessment, building from a cognitive and executive function baseline around the mood patterns you came in to understand. No referral is necessary to get on the schedule.
Our evaluations provide an in-depth understanding of mood patterns and emotional functioning, focusing on both depressive episodes and periods of elevated mood such as hypomania or mania. We assess symptoms including sleep changes, energy shifts, impulsivity, racing thoughts, grandiosity, and the role of family history. From the first clinical interview through the feedback session, one psychologist owns every step. That keeps the picture consistent and lets the recommendations land where they need to.
Children showing intense mood swings, irritability, changes in sleep, or periods of unusually high energy or impulsivity.
Teens experiencing cycles of depression and elevated mood, risk-taking, sleep disruption, or sliding school performance.
Adults facing ongoing mood instability, energy fluctuations, impulsive decisions, or challenges in relationships and work life.
Your evaluation begins with a one-hour clinical interview where your psychologist gathers a thorough history of mood patterns, energy levels, and behavioral changes from childhood through your current daily life. This conversation is critical for identifying the cycling patterns that distinguish bipolar disorder from other mood conditions and for selecting the right assessments.
Your psychologist selects a personalized battery of mood and psychological assessments designed to capture the full range of your experiences. Testing involves 2 to 6 hours of in-person evaluation over one to two days. You will also be sent home with self-report questionnaires, and someone close to you can complete their own to provide perspective on mood and behavioral patterns over time. If your psychologist identifies signs of other conditions (such as ADHD, anxiety, or depression), those areas are screened for as well.
All testing data, clinical observations, and questionnaire results are compiled into a detailed diagnostic report. Accurate differential diagnosis is especially important with bipolar disorder, so your psychologist carefully evaluates mood patterns, episode history, and symptom presentation. Any co-occurring conditions are fully documented.
Approximately two to three weeks after testing, you return for a feedback session. Your psychologist walks through the diagnosis and provides individualized recommendations: treatment planning, evidence-based therapy options, medication considerations, lifestyle management strategies, and next steps tailored to your situation.
No. A thorough bipolar disorder evaluation involves multiple phases, including a clinical interview, cognitive and executive function testing, standardized mood and personality instruments, comorbidity screening, report writing, and a feedback session. These phases cannot be compressed into a single appointment without sacrificing clinical quality. One psychologist manages all of them to ensure continuity and depth throughout the process.
ADHD and bipolar disorder share symptoms like impulsivity, distractibility, and variable energy, which makes it easy for one to be mistaken for the other or for both to be present simultaneously. Core Spring Diagnostics includes ADHD screening in every mood-related evaluation. The cognitive and executive function baseline provides objective data on attention and impulse control that, when combined with mood history, helps the psychologist distinguish and accurately diagnose both conditions.
The report covers the full clinical picture: background and developmental history, results from cognitive and executive function testing, findings from mood and personality instruments, comorbidity screening results, diagnostic conclusions, and individualized recommendations. It is written to be useful to the individual and to any treating clinicians, therapists, or institutions that need clinical documentation.
Yes. Hypomanic episodes in particular are often overlooked because the individual feels productive and energized during them, and others around them may not recognize the change as part of a clinical pattern. The clinical interview at Core Spring Diagnostics is structured to surface these periods even when they were not distressing or disruptive at the time, which is critical for accurate bipolar II identification.
In most cases, yes. Bipolar disorder evaluations rarely answer all of the questions that accompany mood concerns, especially when there are also questions about cognitive functioning, attention, learning, or emotional regulation. A comprehensive neuropsychological evaluation from Core Spring Diagnostics covers the full landscape in one coordinated process. The intake team can help you decide which scope is appropriate.
Reach out to Core Spring Diagnostics by calling (414) 387-2100 or filling out the consultation request on the website. The intake team will discuss your concerns and help match you with the right evaluation pathway.
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