Depression and parkinson's disease: a new look at an old problem

✍ Scribed by Emmeline Edwards; Cheryl Kitt; Eugene Oliver; Judith Finkelstein; Molly Wagster; William M. McDonald

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 104 KB
• Volume: 16
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1091-4269
• DOI: 10.1002/da.10057

✦ Synopsis

A National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke; National Institute of Mental Health; National Institute on Aging) working group meeting focused on the non-motor aspects of Parkinson's disease (PD). Below is the summary of the meeting presentations and recommendations for a research agenda on the epidemiology, assessment, circuitry, therapeutic approaches, and clinical trials of Parkinson's disease co-morbid with depression. A second summary will focus on PD and dementia.