Major depression (MD) is a severe mental disorder characterized by alterations in mood and
cognition, with disease severity correlating inversely with cognition scores. Neuropathology …

Kessing LV, Forman JL, Andersen PK. Does lithium protect against dementia? Bipolar
Disord 2010: 12: 87–94.© 2010 The Authors. Journal compilation© 2010 John Wiley & Sons …

Preclinical studies suggest that lithium may exert neurotrophic effects that counteract
pathological processes in the brain of patients with bipolar disorder (BD). To describe and …

In recent years there has been increased interest in cognitive function in bipolar disorder
(BD) as a means of understanding and exploring biological mechanisms relating to …

Abstract Purpose of the Study: Although considerable attention has been paid to the
relationship between later-life depression and cognitive function, the relationship between a …

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 III …

Introduction Alzheimer dementia (ALZ-D) is among the most frequent diseases in the elderly.
Several somatic and psychiatric disorders have been suggested to be related to this …

In 2005, a report from the United Nations Populations Division [1] noted that the number of
individuals over age 60 is expected to nearly triple, increasing from 672 million in 2005 to …

There are multiple areas of over-lap between schizophrenia and bipolar disorder,
suggesting that the two might relate to each other on a continuum. Such overlaps involve …

We report a case of a 63-year-old man who experienced his first manic episode, and then,
one year later, experienced a second episode which was associated with a significant loss …