Psychiatric and Cognitive disorder

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Psychiatric and Cognitive disorder in Parkinson's disease Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 7:22 am
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Post subject: Psychiatric and Cognitive disorder in Parkinson's disease

Dear Doctor,

I have known PD as an illness of the "body,mind soul"

Cognitive disorders are common in PD - anxiety, depression, uncertainties, emotional disturbances etc.

With the drastic improvement in the treatment of the movement problem in PD, I often find that the cognitive disorders are actually more difficult to treat than the movement problem.



Thanks

TEOKIMHOE

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Dr. Okun



Joined: 19 Jan 2007
Posts: 251
Location: University of Florida
Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 7:23 am Post subject:

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You are on target here. As PD progresses gait, speech and cognition in particular become a large challenge. We are focusing our research and development in these areas.
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Michael S. Okun, M.D.

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