A tale of two patients: Levodopa and creative awakening in parkinson's disease - A qualitative report

Jacob Chacko; Sanju George; Sheetal Cyriac; Baby Chakrapani

doi:10.1016/j.ajp.2019.06.002

A tale of two patients: Levodopa and creative awakening in parkinson's disease - A qualitative report

Asian J Psychiatr. 2019 Jun:43:179-181. doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2019.06.002. Epub 2019 Jun 13.

Authors

Jacob Chacko¹, Sanju George², Sheetal Cyriac³, Baby Chakrapani⁴

Affiliations

¹ Consultant neurologist, Rajagiri Hospital, (Aluva,) Kerala.
² Professor of psychiatry and psychology, Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, Kalamassery, Kochi, Kerala, India. Electronic address: sanjugeorge531@gmail.com.
³ Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, Kalamassery, Kochi, Kerala, India.
⁴ Centre for Neuroscience, Department of Biotechnology, Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT); Inter University Centre for Nanomaterials and Devices (IUCND), Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT).

PMID: 31212166
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2019.06.002

Abstract

Artistic creativity can emerge in patients with Parkinson's disease. Here we describe two patients who had creative awakening while on levodopa treatment for Parkinson's disease and discuss its implications.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Creativity*
Dopamine Agents / pharmacology*
Humans
Levodopa / pharmacology*
Male
Middle Aged
Parkinson Disease / drug therapy*
Qualitative Research

Substances

Dopamine Agents
Levodopa