Quality of life in older adults with mood states associated with bipolar disorder: A secondary analysis of the English longitudinal study of ageing data
Older adults with mood states associated with bipolar disorder have potentially worse quality of life compared to the general population, which may be partly driven by loneliness. This has ramifications for the support offered to this population and suggests that treatments should focus on reducing loneliness to improve outcomes.
Authors
- Carol Holland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7109-6554)
- Elizabeth Tyler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5955-5607)
- Fiona Lobban (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6594-4350)
- A. W. Warner
- Jasper Palmier‐Claus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4908-2137)
- Lee Bentley
Institutions
- Manchester Metropolitan University (GB)
- Mental Health Research UK (GB)
- University of Manchester (GB)
- Centre for Mental Health (GB)
- Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Lancaster University (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- British Journal of Clinical Psychology
- Published
- 2024-08-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/bjc.12495
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.77