Geriatric Mood Disorders

We are pleased to welcome Dr. Sara Weisenbach. PhD, ABPP as a Co-Chair of the Geriatric Mood Disorder Task Group. Under her leadership, the Geriatric Mood Disorders Task Group will discuss goals of common interest in the area of geriatric mood disorders including NNDC data analysis projects and collaborative multi-site studies. Dr. Weisenbach will also encourage NNDC sites to recruit older cohorts of individuals with mood disorders to improve our capacity for studying larger numbers of older adults with a goal of exploring age effects.

2017 Annual Conference Task Group Poster

Clinical and Cognitive Outcomes and Brain-Based Markers of Late Life Mood Disorders:
A Multi-Site Collaboration Project. Authors: Geriatric Mood Disorders Task Group

Selected Publications

Book: Bipolar Disorder in Older Age Patients
Editors: Lehmann, Susan W., Forester, Brent P. (Eds.)

Explains the aspects of aging that impact the diagnosis, clinical course, and treatment of bipolar disorder

Article: Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Late Life Bipolar Disorder in the Community: Data from the NNDC Registry

Forester BP, Ajilore O, Spino C, Lehmann SW.
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2015 Sep;23(9):977-84. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2015.01.001. Epub 2015 Jan 15.