Attitudes towards pharmacotherapy in late-life bipolar disorder

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 945-950

  Rej, Soham ^a   Schuurmans, Josien ^b   Elie, Dominique ^c   Stek, Max L ^b   Shulman, Kenneth ^a   Dols, Annemiek ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

adherence; bipolar disorder; geriatric; lithium; patient attitudes towards pharmacotherapy

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; ELDERLY CARE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POLYDIPSIA; POLYURIA; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; TREMOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LITHIUM; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84954540299     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610215002380     Document Type: Article

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