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Dopaminergic agents including both levodopa and direct-acting agonists induce a variety psychiatric side-effects of which psychosis is the most significant. When this occurs early in the course of treatment, there is usually a history of prior psychotic illness. Chronic treatment can, however, elicit psychosis in individuals without such a history. The possible pathogenesis of this is reviewed.
This work is supported in part by grants from United Parkinson Foundation, Chicago, Illinois, and the Boothroyd Foundation, Chicago, Illinois.
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Klawans, H.L. (1988). Psychiatric side effects during the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. In: Obeso, J.A., Horowski, R., Marsden, C.D. (eds) Continuous Dopaminergic Stimulation in Parkinson’s Disease. Journal of Neural Transmission, vol 27. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-8954-2_11
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