Bipolar Disorder in the Elderly

Bipolar Disorder: Clinical and Neurobiological Foundations

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 488-498

  Sajatovic, Martha ^a   Kessing, Lars Vedel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder in elderly; Bipolar disorder, ranking in top 10 of world's most disabling conditions; Cognitive impairment, in euthymic mixed age patients with bipolar disorders; Course of illness in bipolar disorder heterogeneous; Geriatric bipolar depression antidepressants, beneficial effects on selected health outcomes; Late life bipolar disorder, insufficient to answer clinical questions regarding late life bipolarity; Mood Stabilizer Compliance Questionnaire (MSQC) older patients with bipolar disorder, negative view on doctor patient relationship; Older adults with bipolar disorder, assessment and treatment a treatment challenge; Population ageing, globally important in health care in older adult populations with mental disorders; Psychiatric comorbidity, common amongst mixed age populations with bipolar disorder

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886020049     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470661277.ch38     Document Type: Chapter

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