ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the psychiatric alterations resulting from deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus in the management of Parkinson’s disease. Methods Articles were searched using three databases: Public/Publisher MEDLINE, Virtual Health Library, and Cochrane Library. Results Eleven studies were included in the analysis. Manic syndrome alone was reported in two of the 11 studies analyzed. Psychosis alone was not reported in any of them, but it was found in association with other psychiatric alterations in two studies, not […]
