Treatment of Bipolar Mania in Older Adults

Summary

This study will compare the benefits and side effects of lithium and divalproex in the treatment of older adults with bipolar mania.

Timeline

Start

2005-11

Primary completion

2011-08

Completion

2011-08

Publications

• Results Al Jurdi RK, Schulberg HC, Greenberg RL, Kunik ME, Gildengers A, Sajatovic M, Mulsant BH, Young RC; GERI-BD Study Group. Characteristics associated with inpatient versus outpatient status in older adults with bipolar disorder. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol. 2012 Mar;25(1):62-8. doi: 10.1177/0891988712436684.
• Results Beyer JL, Greenberg RL, Marino P, Bruce ML, Al Jurdi RK, Sajatovic M, Gyulai L, Mulsant BH, Gildengers A, Young RC. Social support in late life mania: GERI-BD. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2014 Oct;29(10):1028-32. doi: 10.1002/gps.4093. Epub 2014 Mar 24.
• Results Sajatovic M, Al Jurdi R, Gildengers A, Greenberg RL, Tenhave T, Bruce ML, Mulsant B, Young RC. Depression symptom ratings in geriatric patients with bipolar mania. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2011 Nov;26(11):1201-8. doi: 10.1002/gps.2664. Epub 2011 Mar 1.
• Results Gildengers AG, Mulsant BH, Al Jurdi RK, Beyer JL, Greenberg RL, Gyulai L, Moberg PJ, Sajatovic M, ten Have T, Young RC; GERI-BD Study Group. The relationship of bipolar disorder lifetime duration and vascular burden to cognition in older adults. Bipolar Disord. 2010 Dec;12(8):851-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-5618.2010.00877.x.
• Results Young RC, Schulberg HC, Gildengers AG, Sajatovic M, Mulsant BH, Gyulai L, Beyer J, Marangell L, Kunik M, Ten Have T, Bruce ML, Gur R, Marino P, Evans JD, Reynolds CF 3rd, Alexopoulos GS. Conceptual and methodological issues in designing a randomized, controlled treatment trial for geriatric bipolar disorder: GERI-BD. Bipolar Disord. 2010 Feb;12(1):56-67. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-5618.2009.00779.x.
• Young RC, Mulsant BH, Sajatovic M, Gildengers AG, Gyulai L, Al Jurdi RK, Beyer J, Evans J, Banerjee S, Greenberg R, Marino P, Kunik ME, Chen P, Barrett M, Schulberg HC, Bruce ML, Reynolds CF 3rd, Alexopoulos GS; GERI-BD Study Group. GERI-BD: A Randomized Double-Blind Controlled Trial of Lithium and Divalproex in the Treatment of Mania in Older Patients With Bipolar Disorder. Am J Psychiatry. 2017 Nov 1;174(11):1086-1093. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2017.15050657. Epub 2017 Aug 4.

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