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Impulse Control and Related Disorders in Parkinson's Disease
Author(s) -
Lim ShenYang,
Evans Andrew H.,
Miyasaki Janis M.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1196/annals.1444.006
Subject(s) - impulse control , harm , psychiatry , impulse control disorder , disease , impulse (physics) , psychology , parkinson's disease , medicine , epidemiology , neuroscience , clinical psychology , pathology , pathological , social psychology , physics , quantum mechanics
In the past decade, impulse control disorders, punding, and dopamine dysregulation syndrome (which we refer to collectively as disinhibitory psychopathologies) have been increasingly recognized in treated patients with Parkinson's disease. Practicing neurologists must understand these problems to limit potential harm. In this article, we summarize current knowledge regarding these behavioral disorders, including phenomenology, epidemiology, pathophysiology, and treatment.