Mania in Alzheimer's disease

C G Lyketsos; K Corazzini; C Steele

doi:10.1176/jnp.7.3.350

Mania in Alzheimer's disease

J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 1995 Summer;7(3):350-2. doi: 10.1176/jnp.7.3.350.

Authors

C G Lyketsos¹, K Corazzini, C Steele

Affiliation

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University and Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA.

PMID: 7580197
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.7.3.350

Abstract

A chart review of 134 patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) showed a 2.2% prevalence of mania, lower than previously cited. Of 3 patients with mania, 2 had a history of mania before the onset of AD. Prevalence rates and the role of Alzheimer's disease in the development of mania are discussed.

Publication types

Case Reports
Clinical Trial
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Aged
Alzheimer Disease / complications*
Alzheimer Disease / psychology
Bipolar Disorder / etiology*
Bipolar Disorder / psychology
Female
Humans
Male
Retrospective Studies

Grants and funding

5T-32 MH14592/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States