Psychiatric and Medical Comorbidities: Results from a Bipolar Elderly Cohort Study

Medical Co-Morbidity, Brain Disease, and The Future of Geriatric Psychiatry

“…The findings by Dols et al 3 add to the literature on medical co-morbidity in bipolar disorder with advancing age. This cross-sectional descriptive study includes demographic and clinical data on 101 older individuals with bipolar disorder (mean age, 68.9 years; 53% female).…”

Coping and personality in older patients with bipolar disorder

“…Patients were recruited by searching the computerized record keeping system of the Mental Health Organization (GGZ inGeest, Amsterdam, the Netherlands) and were selected when they received treatment during the time between January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2013 (details described elsewhere, Dols et al, 2014). Additional patients were recruited from our study of cognitive functioning in older bipolar patients from outpatient clinics in other regions, as described elsewhere (Schouws et al, 2009).…”

Childhood abuse, family history and stressors in older patients with bipolar disorder in relation to age at onset

“…In this cross-sectional study all patients (both in-and outpatients) aged 60 and over with a diagnosis of BD who were treated in our institute during the year 2012 were recruited by a search of the computerized record keeping system of the Mental Health Organization (GGZ inGeest, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) and were considered eligible for inclusion (for details see (Dols et al, 2014)). Patients were included in the study only if the diagnosis of Bipolar I Disorder (DSM-IV-TR: 296.00-.…”