For families across Racine, we provide individualized assessments for Bipolar disorder in children, teens, and adults. Bipolar disorder involves significant shifts in mood, energy, and functioning that can impact relationships, academic or work performance, and daily life. No physician referral is needed to schedule.
Our evaluations build an individualized picture of mood patterns and emotional functioning, looking at both depressive episodes and periods of elevated mood such as hypomania or mania. One psychologist works with you on symptoms including sleep changes, energy shifts, impulsivity, racing thoughts, grandiosity, and family history. Because bipolar concerns often overlap with attention, anxiety, or trauma-related patterns, we typically explore them inside a comprehensive neuropsychological evaluation for the fullest picture.
Children showing intense mood swings, irritability, sleep disruption, or sudden bursts of unusually high energy or impulsivity.
Teens cycling through depression and elevated mood, risk-taking behaviors, or difficulty maintaining school and home routines.
Adults dealing with ongoing mood instability, energy fluctuations, impulsive decisions, or strain 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.
Cognitive and executive function testing is built into every evaluation at Core Spring Diagnostics and serves as an essential baseline. For bipolar concerns, this baseline helps the psychologist understand how mood episodes may be affecting attention, memory, processing speed, and decision-making. It also helps differentiate bipolar disorder from ADHD or other conditions that share overlapping cognitive symptoms.
Yes. Comorbidity screening is standard at Core Spring Diagnostics, meaning the evaluation always looks beyond the primary concern. Depression and anxiety frequently co-occur with bipolar disorder, and the evaluation process is structured to capture them alongside mood episode history and cognitive functioning data. The result is a report that reflects the full clinical picture.
A standalone bipolar evaluation answers the question of whether bipolar disorder is present, but it often leaves gaps around cognitive functioning, learning differences, ADHD, and other factors that affect daily life. A comprehensive neuropsychological evaluation encompasses all of these domains, giving both the individual and any treatment providers a complete, actionable clinical picture rather than a diagnosis in isolation.
One licensed psychologist manages every phase of the evaluation, from the initial clinical interview and testing sessions through report writing and the final feedback session. There are no handoffs to other clinicians or support staff. This continuity is intentional: it ensures the psychologist has complete context for interpreting results and making recommendations.
People most commonly seek evaluation after noticing cycling between elevated or expansive moods and periods of low energy or depression, changes in sleep patterns, impulsive decisions during high-energy phases, and difficulty maintaining consistent functioning across different mood states. These patterns are often noticed over months or years before an evaluation is sought, which is why detailed mood history is such a central part of the clinical interview.
Call Core Spring Diagnostics at (414) 387-2100 or submit a consultation request through the website. The intake team will discuss your concerns, explain the evaluation options, and help you determine whether a focused assessment or a comprehensive neuropsychological evaluation is the right starting point.
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