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| Pathological gambling and Parkinson's disease (PD) | | Author(s) | Sui Wong, Malcolm Steiger |
| Journal title | Geriatric Medicine, vol 37, no 10, supplement GM2, October 2007 |
| Pages | pp 37-41 |
| Keywords | Gambling ; Parkinson's disease ; Psychiatric treatment ; Drugs. |
| Annotation | A minority of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) develop an impulsive/compulsive disorder. Pathological gambling as well as other compulsive disorders may occur in up to seven per cent of PD patients if taking dopamine agonist therapy. Doctors Wong and Steiger discuss the possible causes of pathological gambling in patients with PD. There is no consensus on treatment, but recognising the problem and attempting to reduce dopaminergic therapy may be helpful. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-071105208 A |
| Classmark | ET5: CR6: LP: LLD |
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