The specifiers from the DSM-IV include:
- Current or Most Recent Episode - manic, mixed, or major depressive
- Severity/Psychotic/Remission
- Mild
- Moderate
- Severe without Psychotic Features
- Severe with Psychotic Features
- In Partial Remission
- In Full Remission
- Chronic
- Catatonic Features
- Melancholic Features
- Atypical Features
- Postpartum Disorder
- Course of Recurrent Episodes
- Longitudinal (over a long period of time)
- Seasonal Pattern
- Rapid Cycling
- Severity/Psychotic/Remission
References:
American Psychiatric Association (2000). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR).

