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It certainly seems more acceptable to society to have a movement disorder than a brain disorder. Yet there are brain disorders that have "respectable" names...ADHD and depression, for instance. Here is a link to an article in the Fall, 2006, newsletter of the Parkinson's Disease Foundation by Dr. William Langston, a PD researcher. He writes eloquently about the many facets of PD and suggests a multidisciplinary team approach to treatment, ------------------------------ http://www.pdf.org/en/fall06_PD_More...ement_Disorder<http://www.pdf.org/en/fall06_PD_More_than_a_Movement_Disorder> I wonder what Dr. Langston would call PD...maybe a neurodegenerative disorder? Kathleen 2009/8/13 Nic Marais <[log in to unmask]> > True words Kathleen. > > Why don't we 'admit' to calling it a "Brain Disorder"? Or has that term got > other (wrong?) connotations? > > Nic 57/15 > > > On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 7:16 PM, Kathleen Cochran <[log in to unmask] > >wrote: > > > A thought spurred by seeing how the ball on ECT/PD fell between the > > psychiatrists and the neurologists: > > > > The longer I live with PD, the more I think that to term it a "movement > > disorder" is limiting and misleading. PD affects everything, including > > cognition and mood. The sooner we all admit that, the sooner we can break > > out of the box our fragmented, competitive system of health care and > > medical > > specialties has put us in. > > > > Kathleen > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto: > > [log in to unmask] > > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto: > [log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn