Compulsive use of dopaminergic drug ther
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Andrew H. Evans; Andrew D. Lawrence; Silke Appel Cresswell; Regina Katzenschlage
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Article
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2010
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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A few Parkinson patients develop a disabling pattern of compulsive dopaminergic drug use (''dopamine dysregulation syndrome''-DDS). DDS patients commonly identify aversive dysphoric ''OFF'' mood-states as a primary motivation to compulsively use their drugs. We compared motoric, affective, nonmotor