Module introduction

Learning outcomes
 

Upon completion of this module, we hope that you will be able to:

 

  • realise the size and frequency of psychiatric problems in Parkinson's disease and their impact on patients' and carers' quality of life

 

  • identify psychiatric phenomena in Parkinson’s disease with greater confidence

 

  • ascertain the effects of treatments for Parkinson’s disease on the patient's mental state

 

  • have a better understanding of the pathophysiology of psychiatric phenomena in Parkinson’s disease

 

  • feel more confident in the management of the most common psychiatric and cognitive problems associated with Parkinson’s disease.

 

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