New research perspectives in the treatment of bipolar disorder in older adults

Bipolar Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 659-661

  Gyulai, Laszlo ^a,c   Young, Robert C ^b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b The Cornell Institute of Geriatric Psychiatry   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; INOSITOL; INOSITOL PHOSPHATE; LITHIUM; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; QUETIAPINE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; CASE MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DRUG BRAIN LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EDITORIAL; ELDERLY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROIMAGING; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOMNOLENCE;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; GERIATRICS; HUMANS;

EID: 49849085740     PISSN: 13985647     EISSN: 13995618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5618.2008.00619.x     Document Type: Editorial

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