Intervening in the neuropsychiatric features of Parkinson's disease

Expert Rev Neurother. 2007 Jun;7(6):699-710. doi: 10.1586/14737175.7.6.699.

Abstract

Although Parkinson's disease is considered a movement disorder, it has a wide range and high prevalence of affective, psychotic, cognitive, behavioral and sleep-related features. To treat such features, agents including antidepressants, anxiolytics, antipsychotics and cognition-enhancing agents are commonly prescribed, although the targeted syndromes are often incompletely understood and controlled studies demonstrating a treatment's efficacy and tolerability in Parkinson's disease patients are often lacking. Nevertheless, the available information does suggest the outlines of management methods, pending expanded research to identify optimal strategies specific to Parkinson's disease.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Anxiety Agents / administration & dosage*
  • Antidepressive Agents / administration & dosage*
  • Antiparkinson Agents / administration & dosage*
  • Antipsychotic Agents / administration & dosage*
  • Drug Combinations
  • Humans
  • Mental Disorders / drug therapy*
  • Mental Disorders / etiology
  • Nootropic Agents / administration & dosage*
  • Parkinson Disease / drug therapy*
  • Parkinson Disease / etiology
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Practice Patterns, Physicians'
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anti-Anxiety Agents
  • Antidepressive Agents
  • Antiparkinson Agents
  • Antipsychotic Agents
  • Drug Combinations
  • Nootropic Agents