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Late-Life Depressive Disorders, Bipolar Disorders, and Psychotic Disorders

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Late-life depressive disorders, late-life bipolar disorders, and late-life psychotic disorders can be debilitating disorders for an older adult who is already struggling with the changes and challenges that come with aging. For some, these are disorders that they have struggled with as a young adult, which continues on into later life; for others, these are disorders that have onset for the first time later in life. The following section provides pertinent information useful in geriatric psychiatry, with questions that address areas of prevalence, characteristics of the disorders, treatment, and the challenges of treatment of these disorders.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

    Ana Hategan

  2. Department of Psychiatry, Baylor Scott and White Health Central Texas Division, Dallas, TX, USA

    James A. Bourgeois

  3. Department of Psychiatry, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Temple, TX, Canada

    James A. Bourgeois

  4. St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, USA

    Tracy Cheng

  5. Mercy San Juan Medical Center, Farmington, NM, USA

    Julie Young

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Hategan, A., Bourgeois, J.A., Cheng, T., Young, J. (2018). Late-Life Depressive Disorders, Bipolar Disorders, and Psychotic Disorders. In: Geriatric Psychiatry Study Guide. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77128-1_5

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