A descriptive study of older bipolar disorder residents living in New York City’s adult congregate facilities

Much of the research on geriatric bipolar disorder is from outpatient populations or epidemiological surveys with small samples. In contrast, in this study a descriptive analysis was conducted of geriatric and younger adult residents with bipolar disorder or mania in non-clinical adult congregate facilities (ACFs) in the greater New York City region.A total of 2602 ACF residents were evaluated in 19 facilities, across multiple demographic and...