COVID-19 and Older Adults with Bipolar Disorder: Problems and Solutions.

The implementation of public health measures designed to limit the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been applied particularly stringently to people at high risk of complications, such as individuals older than 70 years and people with concurrent health morbidities like chronic respiratory or cardiovascular diseases. Older adults suffering from mental disorders are an especially high-risk group not only because of their age, but also because the prevalence of chronic somatic conditions is disproportionately high in this group.