A case series on the hypothesized connection between dementia and bipolar spectrum disorders: Bipolar type VI?

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 107, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 307-315

  Ng, Bernardo ^a,b,c   Camacho, Alvaro ^a,b,c   Lara, Diogo R ^d   Brunstein, Miriam G ^e   Pinto, Olavo C ^f   Akiskal, Hagop S ^a,b  

^a International Mood Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Sun Valley Behavioral Medical Center   (United States)

^d PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^e HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^f L'Universite Catholique de Rio de Janeiro   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Mania; Mixed state; Mood stabilizers

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; DONEPEZIL; GALANTAMINE; LAMOTRIGINE; LITHIUM; MEMANTINE; MOOD STABILIZER; OLANZAPINE; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; RIVASTIGMINE; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CYCLOTHYMIA; DEMENTIA; ELDERLY CARE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MALE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; MOOD; MORBIDITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEMPERAMENT;

AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOOD DISORDERS; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 39649102952     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2007.08.018     Document Type: Article

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