Treatment of bipolar disorders in older adults: a review

Abstract Background Old age bipolar disorder has been an orphan of psychiatric research for a long time despite the fact that bipolar disorder (BD)-I and II together may affect 0.5–1.0% of the elderly. It is also unclear whether aetiology, course of illness and treatment should differ in patients wi...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nemanja Ljubic, Bianca Ueberberg, Heinz Grunze, Hans-Jörg Assion
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-09-01
Series:Annals of General Psychiatry
Subjects:
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12991-021-00367-x