Older Age Bipolar Disorder

Authors :: Aartjan T.F. Beekman
Annemiek Dols
Source :: Dols, A & Beekman, A 2020, ' Older Age Bipolar Disorder ', Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 281-296 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cger.2019.11.008, Dols, A & Beekman, A 2018, ' Older Age Bipolar Disorder ', Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, vol. 41, no. 1, pp. 95-110 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psc.2017.10.008
Publication Year :: 2020
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 2020.
Abstract: Further understanding of older age bipolar disorder (OABD) may lead to more specific recommendations for treatment adjusted to the specific characteristics and needs caused by age-related somatic and cognitive changes. Late-onset mania has a broad differential diagnosis and requires full psychiatric and somatic work-up, including brain imaging. Research on pharmacotherapy in OABD is limited. First-line treatment of OABD is similar to that for adult bipolar disorder (BD), with specific attention to vulnerability to side effects and somatic comorbidity. Because findings in younger adults with BD cannot be extrapolated to OABD, more research in OABD is warranted.