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JOURNAL REFERENCE: YORK MK, DULAY M, MACIAS A, ET AL. COGNITIVE DECLINED 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. TWENTY THREE PATIENTS WHO UNDERWENT DBS WERE COMPARED WITH 28 MEDICALLY TREATED PATIENTS WITH PD AT BASELINE AND AT 6 MONTHS FOR NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL MEASURES. REPORTABLE EVENT: ONE PATIENT WHO DID NOT RETURN FOR THEIR 6 MONTH FOLLOW-UP DUE TO PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THESE ANALYSES. THE FIRST PATIENT WAS A MAN, DIAGNOSED WITH PD 7 YEARS EARLIER, WHO COMMITTED SUICIDE 4 MONTHS AFTER HIS DBS SURGERY. HE DID NOT HAVE A HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS OR SUICIDAL IDEATION PRIOR TO SURGERY. SEE MFG REPORT 2182207200805638.