From an email I just received from Amazon:

Dear Amazon.com Customer,

As someone who has purchased or rated .... books in the Disorders & Diseases > Parkinson's Disease category, you might like to know that The Non-Motor Symptoms Complex of Parkinson's Disease is now available. You can order yours for just $88.00 ($22.00 off the list price) by following the link below.

K Ray Chaudhuri
List Price: $110.00

Is anyone familiar with this work? (maybe we should share book reviews?)
A little pricey - must have some expensive information in it.


Product Details

* Hardcover: 394 pages
* Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 1 edition (August 10, 2009)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0199237239
* ISBN-13: 978-0199237234

'A little pricey - must have some expensive information in it.'

copied from amazon

Table of Contents

1. What are the non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's Disease?; 2. Non-motor symptoms and pre-motor diagnosis of Parkinson's disease; 3. Non motor symptoms in the early motor stages of Parkinson's disease; 4. Non-Motor Symptoms in Advanced Parkinson's Disease; 5. Assessment tools for NMS of PD; 6. Imaging non motor aspects of Parkinson's disease; 7. Non-motor signs in genetic forms of Parkinson's Disease; 8. Cognitive dysfunction of PD; 9. Depression, anxiety and apathy in Parkinson's Disease; 10. Dementia in Parkinson's Disease; 11. Fatigue in Parkinson's Disease; 12. Psychosis in Parkinson's Disease; 13. Neurobiology of sleep: role of dopamine in PD; 14. REM Sleep Behavior Disorder In Parkinson's Disease; 15. Parkinson's Disease and Restless Legs Syndrome; 16. Excessive daytime sleepiness in Parkinson's disease; 17. Bladder dysfunction in Parkinson's Disease; 18. Sexuality in Parkinson's Disease; 19. Gastrointestinal problems in Parkinson's Disease; 20. Postural hypotension in Parkinson's Disease; 21. Sialorrhoea in Parkinson's Disease; 22. Olfaction in Parkinson's Disease; 23. Chronic pain and Parkinson's disease; 24. Ophthalmological aspects of Parkinson's Disease; 25. Non-motor symptoms and health-related quality of life; 26. Non-Motor Symptoms and comorbidity in Parkinson's Disease; 27. Non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease and effects of deep brain stimulation; 28. Impulse dyscontrol and dopamine dysregulation syndrome; 29. Treatment related Non-Motor Symptoms in Parkinson's Disease

Sasha,

Thanks for this info! It looks like it may be a textbook used in medical school- usually these are expensive in the $100-300 range and written by researchers and/or neurologists.

This one is a great find because it's entirely on non-motor symptoms and collects all current research in that area in one book. The research on this can be hard to track down- good find!

Laura

Well now i can attach a name to my sinemet craziness -

Impulse dyscontrol and dopamine dysregulation syndrome

paula

From now on, I think I will just tell people that I have "dopamine dysregulation syndrome" - that should sidestep some of the stereotypes about Parkinson's! (and stop people from saying, "But your hands don't shake! Can't be too bad!")

often referred to as IDDDS.
paula

That would be good. My naming system isn't so polite - but those of us with IDDDS are like that, you know. It's my prelude to becoming a statue of myself, I fear.

Someone from the UK is selling the books on Ebay for a lot more money. It may have originated in the UK. If you have questions about it, you can contact the seller and ask, if you're an Ebay member.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Non-Motor-Sympto...3286.m63.l1177

Yes, it's edited by an UK group of doctors specializing in NMD symptoms, and includes papers by international experts. I wonder if the experts are clinicians, research scientists, or both.

At Amazon you get this deal:

Get $5 worth of MP3 downloads from Amazon MP3 when you order $75 or more in textbooks.

well if you are at the pt where you only have dopaminergic dysregulation syndrome, DDS, people might think you're a dentist.

thanks ZF

p

This book looks interesting, too:

Making the Connection Between Brain and Behavior: Coping with Parkinson's Disease

By Joseph H. Friedman

"While patients and families are aware of the physical challenges that accompany Parkinson’s disease, few are prepared for the common behavioral issues that impact their quality of life, including depression, anxiety, dementia, paranoid delusions, and sleep disorders. This book, the only one of its kind, focuses entirely on an area that most doctors overlook. Written in layman’s terms, it helps readers understand and cope with a wide variety of Parkinson’s-related behavioral issues and offers guidance on communicating with the healthcare team."

From a review:

"As a neurologist who developed Parkinsonism myself I have in vain been searching for a comprehensive review of these problems, and now I have found it in Dr. Joseph Friedman's Making the Connection Between Brain and Behavior--Coping with Parkinson's Disease."

$13.57 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25.
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Reviews:

http://www.amazon.com/Making-Connect...owViewpoints=1