title: [Mania in an elderly subject: I. -- manic-depressive disorders of late onset].
abstract: Late mania may inaugurate a late-onset bipolar illness. Atypical features and organic brain abnormalities are frequently associated. Late-onset bipolar illness is apparently characterized by a strong instability of mood and a super or subsensitivity to neuroleptics and antidepressant drugs. However, there is a strong efficacy of lithium salts and lithium may be used as a curative and preventive treatment or as a therapeutic test, especially in atypical cases. The occurrence of mania in elderly people involves a specifical etiologic, therapeutic and diagnostic approach.
authors.affiliation: Service de Psychiatrie, Hôpital Richaud, Versailles.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mahé
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Féline
mesh_terms: D017668:Age of Onset; D000368:Aged; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008094:Lithium / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis
chemical_list: D000928:Antidepressive Agents; D008094:Lithium