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At 09:20 1999/12/17 -0500, you wrote:
>Company Press Release
>Clinical Trial to Examine Drug's Effect on Depression Related to
>Parkinson's Disease
>Cleveland Clinic enrolling patients in study
>
>CLEVELAND, Dec. 16, 1999 /PRNewswire/ -- The physical symptoms of
>Parkinson's disease, a chronic, progressive disorder of the nervous
>system, can be devastating in and of themselves. But an estimated 15 to
>20% of Parkinson's patients must also deal with a less-publicized
>symptom of the condition -- clinical depression....

thanks for the article, judith

all citations linking pd and cd that i've seen
use figures ranging from 40 to 60%

clinical depression is chronically
under-recognized and under-diagnosed and under-treated
which is all the more frustrating
since it is the most easily treated and cured
neurological/psychological/'mental' disorder


janet
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