Benefits of a 12-week psychotherapy course for people with Parkinson’s disease: a service improvement project
File(s)s00415-024-12867-3.pdf (682.55 KB)
Published version
Author(s)
Roussakis, Andreas
Hawkins, Rima
Mackley, Cara
Piccini, Paola
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The psychological symptoms of Parkinson’s disease (PD) worsen the quality of life of patients and their partners. However, these non-motor symptoms (mainly anxiety and depression) remain undiagnosed and undertreated in PD. Here, we report the benefits of a 12-week intervention using talking therapy (psychotherapy and counselling). This work was conducted in a group of individuals (people living with PD, and partners) with mild-to-moderate anxiety and depression. We discuss our results in context and conclude that short-term talking therapy should be integrated into PD therapeutics.
Date Issued
2025-02-01
Date Acceptance
2024-12-15
Citation
Journal of Neurology, 2025, 272 (2)
ISSN
0340-5354
Publisher
Springer
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Neurology
Volume
272
Issue
2
Copyright Statement
© Crown 2025 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
License URL
Identifier
10.1007/s00415-024-12867-3
Subjects
Parkinson's disease
Psychotherapy
Counselling
Intervention
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
149
Date Publish Online
2025-01-15