Commentary Open Access
Integrating Psychotherapy into Clinical Care for Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease
Andreas-Antonios Roussakis1,*, Rima Hawkins2, Cara Mackley3,4, Paola Piccini1
- 1Imperial College London, Hammersmith Campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK
- 2University of Roehampton, Grove House, Roehampton Lane, London, SW15 5PJ, UK
- 3Tavistock Relationships, 10 New Street, London, EC2M 4TP, UK
- 4 Birkbeck, University of London, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HX, UK
Corresponding Author
Andreas A. Roussakis, a.roussakis@imperial.ac.uk
Received Date: August 12, 2025
Accepted Date: September 15, 2025
Roussakis AA, Hawkins R, Mackley C, Piccini P. Integrating Psychotherapy into Clinical Care for Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease. J Exp Neurol. 2025;6(4):158–161.
Copyright: © 2025 Roussakis AA, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Keywords
Parkinson’s disease, Psychotherapy, Counselling, Intervention
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