title: Idiopathic Parkinson's disease and depression: a psychosomatic view.
abstract: The link between idiopathic Parkinson's disease and depression is examined in the light of psychosomatic theory. A view of the condition is offered as a manifestation of chronic emotional disorder in an organic sense. Predisposition arises from bereavement and/or maternal failure in early emotional development.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003643:Death; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D010551:Personality; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D012306:Risk