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Evidence for atypical depression in Parkinson's disease
R B Schiffer1, R Kurlan, A Rubin
1Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, NY 14642.
The American Journal of Psychiatry
|August 1, 1988
Abstract:
The Research Diagnostic Criteria were applied to 16 depressed patients with Parkinson's disease and 20 depressed multiple sclerosis patients. Diagnoses of anxiety and panic disorder were significantly more frequent among the patients with Parkinson's disease. These patients may experience atypical depression.