Late-onset Bipolar Illness: The Geriatric Bipolar Type VI

CNS Neuroscience and Therapeutics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 208-213

  Azorin, Jean Michel ^a   Kaladjian, Arthur ^a   Adida, Marc ^a   Fakra, Eric ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINTE MARGUERITE   (France)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Bipolar disorders; Geriatrics; Neuropsychopharmacology

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; FLUOXETINE; LAMOTRIGINE; LITHIUM; OLANZAPINE; QUETIAPINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; VALPROIC ACID;

BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; BIPOLAR TYPE VI; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; GENETIC RISK; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; LATE ONSET BIPOLAR ILLNESS; MANIA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MONOTHERAPY; ONSET AGE; PSEUDODEMENTIA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGING; BIPOLAR DISORDER; HUMANS;

EID: 84858294881     PISSN: 17555930     EISSN: 17555949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-5949.2011.00255.x     Document Type: Review

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