Deep brain stimulation surgery for Parkinson’s disease patients linked to suicide
 

November 28, 2015 6:00am
Sue Dunlevy National Health Reporter News Corp Australia Network

QUEENSLAND mum Julie Bury attempted suicide and experienced a radical personality change after doctors implanted electrodes in her brain to control her Parkinson’s disease.
NSW dental prosthetist Kenneth Mawby took his own life after the same surgery turned him from a gentle, mild mannered man into someone who was impulsive and paranoid.
Mr Mawby became totally manic, he smashed the car twice, he didn’t sleep for six weeks, he ran way from the hospital, he got into bed with another patient, at night he tried to climb the walls and doors, he’d write on toilet rolls all night long and he swore at his wife, says his widow Cherie Mawby.
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[November 28, 2015 6:00am
Sue Dunlevy National Health Reporter News Corp Australia Network]

Thanks for posting this.
This is a very sad preventable outcome for Kenneth who suddenly displayed unusual behaviours post op.
His family had nowhere and nobody to turn to when a crisis occurred that knew how to treat him.
The judges recommendation of a list of contacts to be given to all DBS patients for follow up or in emergencies hopefully will help others in the future.
I've been treated by the neurologist in this case and found his knowledge of P.D and DBS to be the best in Australia however having said that in this case and perhaps others this can and will happen and the complacent attitude the treating neuros display needs to go.

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