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Parkinson's disease and behavioural effects
Identifier
006196
Type of Spiritual Experience
None
Background
Not a spiritual experience but some useful background information about the effects of Parkinson's disease in its later stages to behaviour
A description of the experience
Impulse control disorders and dopamine dysregulation in Parkinson's disease: a broader conceptual framework.
- Okai D, et al; Section of Cognitive Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, East Kent NHS Foundation Trust, Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK.
Impulse control disorders (ICDs) …… in Parkinson's disease are motivation-based behaviours that involve repetitive occurrences of impulsive and uncontrolled activity. ……. Whilst having features of obsessive-compulsive spectrum model, ICD-5 may bring them together for the first time into a single category of behavioural addictions. …..