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Developing a Rat Model for Bipolar Disorder
Published on: May 2, 2025
Older Age Bipolar Disorder
Annemiek Dols1, Aartjan Beekman2
1Department of Old Age Psychiatry, GGZinGeest and VUmc University Medical Center, Amstelveenseweg 589, 1081 JC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Mental Health Program, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Van der Boechorstsstraat 7, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Mood, Anxiety and Psychosis Program, Amsterdam Neuroscience, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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.
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