UK Study Shows Cognitive Therapy Controls Impulse Behaviors In Parkinson’s

Circle Connections: New Products & Services A form of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) designed to target impulse behaviors, such as pathological gambling and compulsive shopping, is proving to be effective in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). New research shows that three quarters of those receiving the treatment had improved symptom severity compared with only about a third of those who were not given the therapy. However, the intervention did not significantly improve caregiver burden according to some measures. This was reported by Medscape on February 26, 2013. Contact information: Anthony David, Professor of Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, King's College London . . .