Anxiety and depression in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease: data from the Italian CMT national registry.
Marta BellofattoAlessandro BertiniIrene TramacereFiore ManganelliGian Maria FabriziAngelo SchenoneLucio SantoroTiziana CavallaroMarina GrandisStefano C PrevitaliIsabella AllegriLuca PaduaCostanza PazzagliaDaniela CalabresePaola SaveriAldo QuattronePaola ValentinoStefano TozzaLuca GentileMassimo RussoAnna MazzeoGiuseppe VitaSylvie PiacentiniChiara PisciottaDavide Pareysonnull nullPublished in: Journal of neurology (2022)
An appreciable proportion of CMT patients shows general distress and depression. Both correlated with disease severity and consumption of antidepressants/anxiolytics, suggesting that the disease itself is contributing to general distress and depression.