Factitious disorder mimicking addiction to levodopa in a patient with advanced Parkinson's disease

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Antônio L. Teixeira-jr¹  Francisco Cardoso¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Faculdade de Medicina Departamento de Clínica Médica

关键词: Parkinson's disease;    factitious disorders;    dopamine dysregulation syndrome;    doença de Parkinson;    transtorno factício;    síndrome de desregulação dopaminérgica;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0004-282X2005000200023

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

We report a 43-year-old woman with early-onset Parkinson's disease in whom neurological control was impaired by psychiatric co-morbidity including major depression and panic disorder. The patient also met criteria for factitious disorder that mimicked dopamine dysregulation syndrome resulting in severe clinical and social disability.

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