Santens, P;
De Letter, M;
Lees, AJ;
Krack, P;
van den Heuvel, OA;
Bloem, BR;
(2018)
Crime and Parkinson's: The jury is out.
Movement Disorders
, 33
(7)
pp. 1092-1094.
10.1002/mds.27436.
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Abstract
A recent murder trial in Belgium attracted widespread media attention and raised marked concerns within the Parkinson's community. On trial was a 55‐year‐old man with a 14‐year history of Parkinson's disease (PD) who confessed to raping and then murdering 2 women. He had attempted to victimize 2 additional women in a similar way. His defense lawyers argued that pathological impulsivity caused by his dopaminergic treatment was responsible for his actions. Our aim here is to place this devastating case history in a broader perspective, highlighting the need to carefully judge a person's actions against the background of a highly complex neuropsychiatric disorder such as PD, its treatment and treatment‐related side effects, substance abuse, and any premorbid character traits.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Crime and Parkinson's: The jury is out |
| DOI: | 10.1002/mds.27436 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1002/mds.27436 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Clinical and Movement Neurosciences |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10060589 |
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