Understanding bipolar disorder in late life: Clinical and treatment correlates of a sample of elderly outpatients

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 201, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 674-679

  Montes, Jose M ^a   Alegria, Analucía ^b   Garcia Lopez, Aurelio ^b   Ezquiaga, Elena ^c   Balanzá Martínez, Vicent ^d   Sierra, Pilar ^e   Toledo, Francisco ^f   Alcaraz, Carmen ^f   Perez, Josefina ^g   De Dios, Consuelo ^h  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^h HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Age of onset; Bipolar disorder; Late onset bipolar disorder; Old age

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHLORPROMAZINE; LITHIUM; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OXCARBAZEPINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; STABILIZING AGENT; VALPROIC ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; OUTPATIENT;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPAIN;

EID: 84881364505     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e31829c508d     Document Type: Article

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