ABSTRACT
Aim of the present study was to determine the frequency of Anxiety, Depression and Cognitive impairments in Parkinson's disease. One hundred patients between the ages of 40-80: both sexes [male= 88; female=12] suffering from Parkinson's disease were included. Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale [HADS] was used to detect anxiety and depression while Mini Mental State Examination [MMSE] was used for cognitive deficits in all these patients. Final diagnosis of anxiety and depression was made using ICD-10 diagnostic criteria. Forty eight% of the study sample was found to be either suffering from anxiety, depression or cognitive impairments. Depression was present in 31%, Anxiety in 7% and Cognitive impairments in 10%. This study reveals that a significant number of patients of Parkinson's disease suffer from Anxiety Depression and Cognitive impairments. These manifestations cannot be the out come of chronic disabling disease alone but has a distinctive psychological pattern which needs further investigation with methodologically sound studies