Psychological Ressources as a Protective Factor for Anxiety-depression, Well-being and Therapeutical Observance in Parkinson's Disease.

Anxiodepressive symptoms are frequently observed in Parkinson's disease patients. These non motor psychiatric charateristics of the disease negatively impairs quality of life, and may impair well-being or therapeutical observance.

The objective of this study is to determine if psychological ressources are associated to anxiodepressive symptoms, to parkinson well-being and therapeutical observance. It will be interesting to determine if the presence of some - or multiple- psychological ressources could prevent patients from anxiety, depression, impaired well-being and impaired observance.

This study will analyse retrospectively psychological scalescompleted by 30 parkinson's disease patients through previous psychological interviews. The scales investigate anxiety, depression, well-being, psychological ressources, and therapeutical observance.

The results will highlight the importance of working on psychological ressources with Parkinson's disease patients through psychotherapy, in order to improve their well-being, positive emotions and maybe contribute to better therapeutical observance.