We report on 6 patients with Parkinson's disease who developed severe repetitive behavior, 2 with pathological gambling and 4 with cleaning, rearranging, and ordering rituals. The onset of repetitive behaviors was not associated with changes in antiparkinsonian medications, the behavior did not impr
Repetition, repetition, and repetition: Compulsive and punding behaviors in parkinson's disease
โ Scribed by Valerie Voon
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 49 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-3185
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โฆ Synopsis
Even the simplest of human actions can, upon close examination, prove remarkably complex. The compulsive and punding behaviors in Parkinson's disease (PD), reported in this issue by Evans and colleagues 1 and by Kurlan 2 exemplify such complexity. In their divergent views on the phenomenology and etiology of these behaviors, these studies provide insight into the developing literature on obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
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