ArticleNeuropsychiatric disease and treatment2007
The four As associated with pathological Parkinson disease gamblers: anxiety, anger, age, and agonists.
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- Medications, Deep Brain Stimulation, and Other Factors Influencing Impulse Control Disorders in Parkinson's Disease.Frontiers in neurology · 2019Review
- The impact of nonmotor symptoms on quality of life in patients with Parkinson's disease in Taiwan.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2015Article
- Pathological gambling and dopamine agonists: A phenotype?Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2007Article
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Abstract
Several studies have related pathological gambling in PD to dopamine agonist therapy. A mail-in survey was sent to PD patients seen at the University of Florida Movement Disorders Center to determine gambling frequency and behavior, and any lifestyle or environmental factors associated with compulsive gambling in PD. 462 surveys were sent and 127 completed surveys were returned, of which ten were from patients who met criteria for compulsive gambling. All ten were taking dopamine agonists coincident with the compulsive gambling. Compulsive gamblers were younger, and psychological distress measures revealed that compulsive gamblers exhibited higher levels of anxiety, anger, and confusion. Thus in this cohort, we have uncovered the several characteristics of the most likely PD compulsive gambler, namely: (young) age, "angry", "anxious", and using a (dopamine) agonist.
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