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Prevalence and correlates of parkinsonism in patients with primary depression
S E Starkstein1, G Petracca, E Chemerinski
1Department of Neuropsychiatry, Raúl Carrea Institute of Neurological Research-FLENI, Buenos Aires, Argentina. sess@fleni.org.ar
Neurology
|August 15, 2001
Abstract:
The authors examined the prevalence, clinical correlates, and longitudinal changes of parkinsonism in 94 patients with primary depression and 20 healthy control subjects. Parkinsonism was present in 20% of patients with primary depression. This syndrome was significantly associated with older age, more severe depression, and more severe cognitive impairment. In a subgroup of depressed patients, parkinsonism was reversible upon recovery from the mood disorder.