Mania in the elderly.
Forty-two patients 60 years old and older who fulfilled DSM-III criteria for mania were retrospectively identified. Symptom profiles and treatment response were similar to those of younger patients. No evidence was obtained to support physical illness as a common precipitant of late-life mania.
D000368:Aged; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008396:Maryland; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies