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JOURNAL REFERENCE: YORK MK, DULAY M, MACIAS A, ET AL. COGNITIVE DECLINES FOLLOWING BILATERAL SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE. J NEUROL NEUROSURG PSYCHIATRY. 2008;79(7):789-795. WE INVESTIGATED THE COGNITIVE, AND PSYCHIATRIC OUTCOME 6 MONTHS AFTER BILATERAL SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION (DBS) FOR THE TREATMENT OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE (PD) USING A DISEASE CONTROL GROUP. A TOTAL PTS WHO UNDERWENT DBS WERE COMPARED WITH MEDICALLY TREATED PTS WITH PD AT BASELINE, AND AT 6 MONTHS FOR NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL MEASURES. REPORTABLE EVENT: ONE PT WHO DID NOT RETURN FOR THEIR 6 MONTH FOLLOW-UP DUE TO PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THESE ANALYSES. THIS PT WAS A MAN WHO DENIED DEPRESSION AT BASELINE, BUT REPORTED EXPERIENCING A SINGLE BOUT OF DEPRESSION, AMELIORATED WITH PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATION, IMMEDIATELY AFTER HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH PD 19 YEARS EARLIER. THIS PT REFUSED TO PARTICULATE IN HIS 6 MONTH FOLLOW-UP; HIS FAMILY DESCRIBED HIM AS "DEPRESSED AND INACTIVE". SEE MFG REPORT 2182207200805638.