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Medication-induced addictive behaviours in Parkinson’s disease: Scientific, clinical and legal implications of neurocognitive advances

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posted on 2019-03-08, 00:38 authored by ANDREW WILLIAM JAMES DAWSON
Around 1 in 7 people with Parkinson's disease develop addictive behaviours from their daily medications. For example, gambling and hypersexuality, amongst others. This thesis investigated how Parkinson's medication affects psychological processes to bring about these addictive behaviours in certain people. It found that patients with addictive behaviours are hyper-focussed on rewards and tend to fixate on the present at the expense of the future. They can also become aggressive when denied the rewards they are driven to seek out. Nevertheless, addicted patients maintain some control over their behaviour and cannot simply blame their medication for any unlawful acts they commit.

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Principal supervisor

Adrian Carter

Additional supervisor 1

Murat Yücel

Additional supervisor 2

Nadeeka Dissanayaka

Year of Award

2019

Department, School or Centre

Psychological Sciences

Campus location

Australia

Course

Doctor of Philosophy

Degree Type

DOCTORATE

Faculty

Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences

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