Susan Lehmann, MD.
Patricia B. and William T. Bright Professor in Mental Wellness. Clinical director, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neuropsychiatry; director, geriatric psychiatry clinic, Johns Hopkins Hospital. Associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Baltimore, MD. Dr. Lehmann has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.
If an older adult has a first episode of mania, how do we differentiate bipolar disorder from other causes? Dr. Lehmann provides us with an overview of the course of the illness over a patient’s lifespan with helpful considerations in approaching the differential diagnosis.