Depression in Parkinson’s disease

Depression in Parkinson’s disease Letter (768) Total Article Views Authors: Rana MA, Hafez K Published Date April 2012 Volume 2012:2 Pages 34 - 35 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JPRLS.S37083 Received: 16 August 2012 Accepted: Published: 17 August 2012 Mohammed A. Rana, Kevin Hafez Parkinson’s Clinic of Eastern Toronto, Toronto, Canada Parkinson's disease (PD) has both motor and non-motor symptoms. There is growing evidence that some of the non-motor symptoms may antedate the motor symptoms and can cause increasing disabling as the disease progresses. Depression is one of the important symptoms of PD.1 About 40 percent of patients with PD may have anhedonia, lack of initiative and assertiveness. The majority of the patients have dysthymia; however, some patients may meet the DSM-IV criteria for major depression. Nonetheless, loss of interest, fatigue, irritability, lack of energy, indecisiveness and sadness are more frequent in PD. Depression may precede the onset of motor symptoms of PD by many years in some cases.2 Post to: Cannotea Citeulike Del.icio.us Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Other articles by Dr Mohammed A. Rana Postural Hypotension in Parkinson’s disease Readers of this article also read: Methylnaltrexone in the treatment of opioid-induced constipation Potential renovascular hypertension, space missions, and the role of magnesium Tenofovir-associated bone density loss Prolonged rupture of membranes in term infants: should all babies be screened? Food nanotechnology – an overview Subset-directed antiviral treatment of 142 herpesvirus patients with chronic fatigue syndrome Fructose-enhanced reduction of bacterial growth on nanorough surfaces Enhancing the specificity and efficiency of polymerase chain reaction using polyethyleneimine-based derivatives and hybrid nanocomposites Postural Hypotension in Parkinson’s disease Rituximab for refractory granulomatous eye disease