ARIEL GERARD GILDENGERS

Summary

Affiliation: University of Pittsburgh
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Correlates of treatment response in depressed older adults with bipolar disorder
    Ariel Gildengers
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 25:37-42. 2012
  2. ncbi Cognitive functioning in late-life bipolar disorder
    Ariel G Gildengers
    Information Research Center for Late Life Mood Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA 15213, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 161:736-8. 2004
  3. ncbi The relationship of bipolar disorder lifetime duration and vascular burden to cognition in older adults
    Ariel G Gildengers
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Bipolar Disord 12:851-8. 2010
  4. ncbi Trajectories of treatment response in late-life depression: psychosocial and clinical correlates
    Ariel G Gildengers
    Intervention Research Center for Late Life Mood Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3811 O Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    J Clin Psychopharmacol 25:S8-13. 2005
  5. ncbi The longitudinal course of cognition in older adults with bipolar disorder
    Ariel G Gildengers
    Intervention Research Center for Late life Mood Disorders and the Advanced Center for Intervention and Services Research, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Bipolar Disord 11:744-52. 2009
  6. ncbi A 12-week open-label pilot study of donepezil for cognitive functioning and instrumental activities of daily living in late-life bipolar disorder
    Ariel G Gildengers
    The Advanced Center for Intervention and Services Research, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 23:693-8. 2008
  7. ncbi Course and rate of antidepressant response in the very old
    Ariel G Gildengers
    The Intervention Research Centers for Late-Life and Mid-Life Mood Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    J Affect Disord 69:177-84. 2002
  8. ncbi Cognitive functioning and instrumental activities of daily living in late-life bipolar disorder
    Ariel G Gildengers
    Advanced Center for Intervention and Services Research for Late Life Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, Bipolar Disorder Center for Pennsylvanians, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 15:174-9. 2007
  9. ncbi The Mood Disorder Burden Index: a scale for assessing the burden of caregivers to adults with unipolar or bipolar disorder
    Lynn M Martire
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States University Center for Social and Urban Research, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
    Psychiatry Res 168:67-77. 2009
  10. ncbi Enhancing outcomes in patients with bipolar disorder: results from the Bipolar Disorder Center for Pennsylvanians Study
    Andrea Fagiolini
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Bipolar Disord 11:382-90. 2009

Research Grants

  1. Cognition in Euthymic Older Adults with Bipolar Disorder
    Ariel Gildengers; Fiscal Year: 2007
  2. The Effects of Bipolar Disorder and its Comorbidities on Cognition in Older Adult
    ARIEL GERARD GILDENGERS; Fiscal Year: 2010

Detail Information

Publications14

  1. ncbi Correlates of treatment response in depressed older adults with bipolar disorder
    Ariel Gildengers
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 25:37-42. 2012
    ..To identify baseline clinical factors associated with acute treatment response in depressed older adults with bipolar disorder (BD) receiving lamotrigine...
  2. ncbi Cognitive functioning in late-life bipolar disorder
    Ariel G Gildengers
    Information Research Center for Late Life Mood Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA 15213, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 161:736-8. 2004
    ..This study characterized cognitive functioning in elderly patients with bipolar disorder...
  3. ncbi The relationship of bipolar disorder lifetime duration and vascular burden to cognition in older adults
    Ariel G Gildengers
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Bipolar Disord 12:851-8. 2010
    ..We also examine whether there are negative, synergistic effects between lifetime duration of BD and vascular disease burden on cognition...
  4. ncbi Trajectories of treatment response in late-life depression: psychosocial and clinical correlates
    Ariel G Gildengers
    Intervention Research Center for Late Life Mood Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3811 O Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    J Clin Psychopharmacol 25:S8-13. 2005
    ..Further study focusing on risk factors associated with slower response may help optimize treatment in elderly patients who do not respond quickly to first-line therapies...
  5. ncbi The longitudinal course of cognition in older adults with bipolar disorder
    Ariel G Gildengers
    Intervention Research Center for Late life Mood Disorders and the Advanced Center for Intervention and Services Research, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Bipolar Disord 11:744-52. 2009
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  6. ncbi A 12-week open-label pilot study of donepezil for cognitive functioning and instrumental activities of daily living in late-life bipolar disorder
    Ariel G Gildengers
    The Advanced Center for Intervention and Services Research, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 23:693-8. 2008
    ..To determine whether donepezil is effective in enhancing cognitive functioning and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) in older adults with bipolar disorder...
  7. ncbi Course and rate of antidepressant response in the very old
    Ariel G Gildengers
    The Intervention Research Centers for Late-Life and Mid-Life Mood Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    J Affect Disord 69:177-84. 2002
    ..RESULTS: Older-old patients responded as quickly and successfully as the young- and middle-old. CONCLUSIONS: Major depression in the very old can be treated as successfully as in early old age...
  8. ncbi Cognitive functioning and instrumental activities of daily living in late-life bipolar disorder
    Ariel G Gildengers
    Advanced Center for Intervention and Services Research for Late Life Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, Bipolar Disorder Center for Pennsylvanians, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 15:174-9. 2007
    ..The authors report on the relationship between cognitive functioning and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) in elderly, clinically euthymic adults with bipolar disorder...
  9. ncbi The Mood Disorder Burden Index: a scale for assessing the burden of caregivers to adults with unipolar or bipolar disorder
    Lynn M Martire
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States University Center for Social and Urban Research, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
    Psychiatry Res 168:67-77. 2009
    ..It will be important for future research to administer the MDBI to caregivers of middle-aged and older patients as well as those receiving treatment through inpatient settings or community outpatient clinics...
  10. ncbi Enhancing outcomes in patients with bipolar disorder: results from the Bipolar Disorder Center for Pennsylvanians Study
    Andrea Fagiolini
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Bipolar Disord 11:382-90. 2009
    ..We investigated whether SCBD and ECI + SCBD are able to improve outcomes and reduce health disparities for young and elderly individuals, African Americans, and rural residents with bipolar disorder...
  11. ncbi Medical burden in late-life bipolar and major depressive disorders
    Ariel G Gildengers
    Intervention Research Center for Late Life Mood Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, The Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 16:194-200. 2008
    ..The authors compare medical burden in elderly patients with bipolar disorder with that in those with major depressive disorder...
  12. ncbi A pilot study of standardized treatment in geriatric bipolar disorder
    Ariel G Gildengers
    Intervention Research Center for Late-Life Mood Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, the Bipolar Disorder Center for Pennsylvanians, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine 15213, USA
    Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 13:319-23. 2005
    ..CONCLUSIONS: Treating older adults with bipolar disorder under standardized treatment is feasible and is associated with low symptom levels. However, most older adults with bipolar disorder do not experience sustained recovery...
  13. ncbi What is the optimal duration of a short-term antidepressant trial when treating geriatric depression?
    Benoit H Mulsant
    Advanced Center in Intervention and Services Research for Late Life Mood Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    J Clin Psychopharmacol 26:113-20. 2006
    ..To determine the optimal duration of an antidepressant trial in elderly patients, the authors examined the probability of eventually responding to treatment based on early improvement...
  14. ncbi Treatment of late-life depression alleviates caregiver burden
    Lynn M Martire
    Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
    J Am Geriatr Soc 58:23-9. 2010
    ..To describe the burden experienced by family caregivers of older adults with depression and to examine the positive effects on caregivers of treating late-life depression...

Research Grants3

  1. Cognition in Euthymic Older Adults with Bipolar Disorder
    Ariel Gildengers; Fiscal Year: 2007
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  2. The Effects of Bipolar Disorder and its Comorbidities on Cognition in Older Adult
    ARIEL GERARD GILDENGERS; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..The knowledge gained from this research may benefit not only patients with Bipolar Disorder, but the broader population of older adults at high risk for disorders associated with neurodegeneration and premature cognitive decline. ..