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Chapter 8 - Neuropsychiatric (Behavioral) Symptoms in Parkinson’s Disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2022

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Kasia Gustaw Rothenberg
Edited by
Néstor Gálvez-Jiménez ,
Amos D. Korczyn  and
Ramón Lugo-Sanchez
Néstor Gálvez-Jiménez
Affiliation:
Florida International University
Amos D. Korczyn
Affiliation:
Tel-Aviv University
Ramón Lugo-Sanchez
Affiliation:
Cleveland Clinic
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Summary

Parkinson’s disease (PD) has traditionally been considered a motor system disorder, but it is now widely recognized to be a complex one with diverse clinical features that include neuropsychiatric manifestations [1]. Psychiatric features of PD include but are not limited to cognitive impairment, psychosis, anxiety, depression, apathy, sleep disturbances, as well as fatigue. In a multicenter survey of over 1000 patients with PD, virtually all (97%) of patients reported nonmotor symptoms, with each patient experiencing an average of approximately eight different ones [2].

Certain non-motor features of PD (e.g. olfactory dysfunction, constipation, depression, anxiety, and REM sleep behavior disorder) may even precede manifestation of motor symptoms [3, 4]. Psychiatric symptoms, especially psychosis and/or dementia, may be even more disabling than motor features [5, 6]

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Non-motor Parkinson's Disease , pp. 78 - 90
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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