Allostatic load but not medical burden predicts memory performance in late-life bipolar disorder.

Sophie R VaccarinoTarek K RajjiAriel G GildengersSarah E S WatersMeryl A ButtersMahesh MenonDaniel M BlumbergerAristotle N VoineskosDielle MirandaBenoit H Mulsant

Published in: International journal of geriatric psychiatry (2017)

Euthymic older patients with BD are impaired on several cognitive domains and have high medical burden. Their memory performance is more strongly associated with allostatic load than with traditional measures of medical burden. These findings need to be replicated and extended longitudinally.

Keyphrases

bipolar disorder
healthcare
major depressive disorder
working memory
middle aged