2022
Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Antipsychotic Drug-Treated Older Adults with Bipolar Disorder from the Global Aging & Geriatric Experiments in Bipolar Disorder Database (GAGE-BD).
Chen P, Eyler LT, Gildengers A, Beunders AJ, Blumberg HP, Briggs FB, Dols A, Rej S, Forlenza OV, Jimenez E, Mulsant B, Schouws S, Orhan M, Sarna K, Sutherland AN, Vieta E, Tsai S, Yala J, Villa LM, Sajatovic M. Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Antipsychotic Drug-Treated Older Adults with Bipolar Disorder from the Global Aging & Geriatric Experiments in Bipolar Disorder Database (GAGE-BD). Psychopharmacology Bulletin 2022, 52: 8-33. PMID: 35721813, PMCID: PMC9172555.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOlder age bipolar disorderFirst-generation antipsychoticsAntipsychotic drugsBipolar disorderPsychiatric hospitalizationMean age 63.2 yearsGlobal AGEingClinical characteristicsFrequent hospitalizationsClinical variablesSevere illnessTreatment statusGreater burdenHospitalizationDisorder databaseOlder adultsCross-sectional dataLongitudinal outcomesDisordersPatientsGeneralized mixed modelMultivariate model resultsInternational studiesDrugsObservational analysis
2021
Physical Health Burden Among Older Men and Women With Bipolar Disorder: Results From the Gage-Bd Collaboration
Almeida OP, Dols A, Blanken MAJT, Rej S, Blumberg HP, Villa L, Forester BP, Forlenza OV, Gildengers A, Vieta E, Jimenez E, Mulsant B, Schouws S, Tsai S, Korten NCM, Sutherland A, Briggs FBS, Flicker L, Eyler LT, Sajatovic M. Physical Health Burden Among Older Men and Women With Bipolar Disorder: Results From the Gage-Bd Collaboration. American Journal Of Geriatric Psychiatry 2021, 30: 727-732. PMID: 34980553, DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2021.12.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBipolar disorderPhysical morbidityEndocrinological systemMore menMore womenEvidence of morbidityPhysical health burdenAdult bipolar disorderOutcomes of interestCross-sectional analysisEndocrinological diseasesHealth burdenOlder menMan studyMorbidityWomenGlobal AGEingMenDisordersDiseaseDisorder databaseYearsPrevalence