Background: Late onset disorders are often associated with cerebral disfunctioning and
cognitive impairment in elderly patients. It is unknown whether the age of onset affects …

Schouws SNTM, Stek ML, Comijs HC, Dols A, Beekman ATF. Cognitive decline in elderly
bipolar disorder patients: a follow‐up study. Bipolar Disord 2012: 14: 749–755.© 2012 The …

Objective To date, cognitive impairment has been thought to be an integral part of bipolar
disorder. In clinical staging models, cognitive impairment is one of the hallmarks to define …

Background Very little is known about the long term cognitive sequelae of bipolar disorder.
Aim To investigate neuropsychological functioning in older euthymic persons with early …

BACKGROUND: Descriptions of aged patients with bipolar (BP) disorder have commented
on cognitive impairments. However, the literature regarding cognitive test performance in …

Objectives: Epidemiological studies suggest that elders with bipolar disorder (BD) may be at
increased risk for dementia compared to the general population. We sought to investigate …

OBJECTIVE: Cognitive impairment in elderly bipolar patients persists during euthymic state,
yet the aetiology of such impairment is not well understood. The objective of this study is to …

OBJECTIVE: This study characterized cognitive functioning in elderly patients with bipolar
disorder. METHOD: The cognitive functioning of 18 euthymic patients with a history of …

Background Patients with bipolar disorder are at risk to develop cognitive decline in the
course of their illness. This may affect their ability to monitor and detect their own cognitive …

Objective Cognitive dysfunction is a core feature of bipolar disorder (BD) in both adult and
geriatric patients. However, little is known about whether cognitive functioning declines at a …