## Abstract Due to its low profile for extrapyramidal sideβeffects, quetiapine has become an alternative to clozapine in the treatment of dopamimetic psychosis in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). We describe the case of a patient with PD who developed severe akathisia, a common complication
Remission of acute psychotic anxious depression in a patient with Parkinson's disease after treatment with quetiapine
β Scribed by Silva Link; Walter Paulus; Borwin Bandelow
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 263 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-3185
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
## Abstract Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disease affecting up to one million individuals in the United States. Depression is found in 40 to 50% of these patients and is associated with a variety of poor outcomes for both patients and their families. Despite this, there are
Anticipatory postural adjustments (APAs) for lateral weight transfer and stability precede and accompany voluntary stepping. Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) show delays in step initiation with altered APA characteristics that may reflect impaired interactions between posture and locomotion. T