General Behavior Inventory (GBI)

The General Behavior Inventory is a psychometric tool used within abnormal psychology to detect the clinical characteristics associated with bipolar disorders and assess symptom severity.

The GBI is typically used in the psychological assessment of people with a confirmed or suspected mood disorder, such as bipolar depressive disorder. It is also a valid measure for rating youth mood symptoms related to pediatric bipolar disorder as well as adult bipolar disorder.

Yes. Compared with other potential screening instruments for bipolarity mental disorders, the GBI shows high criterion validity and discriminant validity, as well as high specificity and moderate sensitivity. It has high diagnostic accuracy, but is best used as part of comprehensive psychological evaluations (which may include a clinical interview and behavioral paradigm results).