A new study provides class IV evidence that addition of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to standard treatment reduces the severity of impulse control behaviours (ICB) in patients with Parkinson disease (PD). In the trial, which compared ICB outcomes in 27 patients given CBT with 17 individuals who received standard treatment alone, CBT improved symptom severity, neuropsychiatric disturbances, and anxiety and depression. The benefits of CBT did not, however, lead to alleviation of care-giver burden.
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Okai, D. et al. Trial of CBT for impulse control behaviors affecting Parkinson patients and their caregivers. Neurology doi:10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182840678
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Cognitive behavioural therapy improves impulse control in patients with Parkinson disease. Nat Rev Neurol 9, 121 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneurol.2013.17
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneurol.2013.17