PD Guide
Psychiatric Symptoms
A number of psychiatric symptoms of PD have been characterized.
- Depression is found in 36-50% of PD cases (mean), including major depression, minor depression, dysthymia, subsyndromal symptoms.
- PD also leads to increased anxiety symptoms in 66% of patients, including generalized anxiety disorder, panic, social phobia.
Some PD drug therapies are associated with psychiatric complications.
