Expert Briefings: Apathy or Depression: Which One Is It?

Dawn Bowers, Ph.D, Professor of Clinical & Health Psychology and Neurology at the University of Florida (UF); Director of the Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory at McKnight Brain Institute and Neuropsychology Director, UF Center for Movement Disorders and NeurorestorationLearning

Objectives

• Explain difference between apathy & depression
• Discuss why apathy is such a problem in Parkinson’s disease – the what, why, when & how
• Explain why some treatments for depression actually worsen apathy
• Tips for improving apathy 

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