New-onset bipolar disorder in late life: A case of mistaken identity

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 198-203

  Arciniegas, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM CARBONATE; SERTRALINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL CRYING; PATHOLOGICAL LAUGHTER; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGE; ANAMNESIS; ATROPHY; BRAIN; DEMENTIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ONSET AGE; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; ATROPHY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LITHIUM CARBONATE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SERTRALINE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645010630     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.163.2.198     Document Type: Article

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