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Older Age Bipolar Disorder (OABD) is a term that is used to describe bipolar disorder (BD) occurring amongst individuals ≥50 years of age. Evidence indicates that OABD accounts for a quarter of all cases of BD. When compared to individuals with early-onset BD, individuals with OABD have a greater association with cerebrovascular disease and other neurological disorders, less family history of mood disorders, and utilize almost four times the total amount of mental health services. In addition, they are four times more likely to have psychiatric hospitalizations when compared to age-matched controls. In this presentation, we will review the epidemiology, assessment, and evidence-based management of individuals with OABD.

The objectives of this talk are to:

1. Discuss the epidemiology of individuals with older age bipolar disorder.
2. Describe the assessment of individuals with older age bipolar disorder.
3. Enumerate the evidence-based treatments for older age bipolar disorder.

Dr. Tampi is the Professor (Tenured) and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and the Inaugural Bhatia Family Endowed Chair in Psychiatry at Creighton University School of Medicine and Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) Health Behavioral Health Services in Omaha, Nebraska. He is also a Professor (Adjunct) of Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut. Dr. Tampi is the inaugural Historian of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP). He is a Past President of the AAGP. Dr. Tampi was the Secretary and Treasurer of the AAGP for 2017-2018. He is also the Past President of the International Medical Graduates (IMG) Caucus at the American Psychiatric Association (APA). Dr. Tampi is a Distinguished Fellow of the APA and of the AAGP. He was a recipient of the AAGP’s ‘Clinician of the Year Award’ in 2013. In 2019, Dr. Tampi received the AAGP’s ‘Educator of the Year Award’. He received the ‘2019 Outstanding Academician of the Year Award’ given by the Indo-American Psychiatric Association (IAPA). Dr. Tampi is the recipient of the 2021 ‘Jack Weinberg Award’ for Geriatric Psychiatry given by the APA.  He was been honored with the 2022 ‘George Tarjan Award’ by the APA. Dr. Tampi received the Diversity Award from the AAGP in 2024. He has over 200 publications on various topics in psychiatry and geriatric psychiatry. In addition, Dr. Tampi is the Editor of 11 books in psychiatry. Dr. Tampi used to serve as an Editor-in-Chief of the World Journal of Psychiatry. He is also a Triage Editor for International Psychogeriatrics, an Associate Editor for Drugs in Context (Psychiatry), an Associate Editor for Aging Psychiatry Section of Frontiers in Psychiatry and the Section Editor of Geriatric Psychiatry for Psychiatric Times.