Serial Cognitive Profiles in Levodopa-induced Hypersexuality
- 1 December 1988
- journal article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 153 (6) , 833-836
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.153.6.833
Abstract
A patient with recent-onset Parkinson's disease was tested for mood, physical disability, and cognition, before treatment and then during and after a period of levodopa-induced hypersexuality. The effects of different anti-Parkinsonian drugs on cognition and behaviour are described. The unique cognitive data from this case support the hypothesis that hypersexuality is a manifestation of enhanced libido and not frontal disinhibition.Keywords
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