Journal article
Reckless generosity in Parkinson's disease
SS O'Sullivan, AH Evans, NP Quinn, AD Lawrence, AJ Lees
Movement Disorders | WILEY | Published : 2010
DOI: 10.1002/mds.22687
Abstract
There is an increasing awareness of impulsivecompulsive phenomena in patients treated for Parkinson's disease (PD). We describe another, potentially related phenomenon putatively associated with the use of dopamine agonists in 3 patients with PD, characterized by excessive and inappropriate philanthropy. © 2010 Movement Disorder Society.
Grants
Awarded by Parkinson's UK
Funding Acknowledgements
[ "SSOS is supported by the Reta Lila Weston Trust. The authors have no financial disclosures related to research covered in this article.", "SSOS is supported by the Reta Lila Weston Trust. Sean O'Sullivan has received honoraria from Britannia Pharmaceuticals. Employment: University College London. All other FD categories: None. Andrew Evans has served on advisory boards and received honoraria from Boehringer Ingelheim and Novartis. He has no other financial disclosures. Niall Quinn: Advisory board and honoraria from UCB. Honorarium from GSK. All other FD categories: None. Andrew Lawrence: Grants: UK Medical Research Council; UK Parkinson's Disease Society; Wales Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience. Employment: Cardiff University. All other categories: None. Andrew Lees: advisory boards-Genus, Novartis, Teva, Medo, Boehringer Ingleheim, GSK, Ipsen, Lundbeck. Grants: PSP association, Reta Lila Weston Trust. All other categories: none." ]