A multinational study –PRODEST (Profile of Depression Symptoms in PD patients) –found that 27 per cent of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) had symptoms of depression and that more than one‐third of these continued to suffer depression despite anti‐ depressant treatment. Sue Mayor reports from a Press Conference held at Boehringer Ingelheim Center, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, in February. Copyright © 2007 Wiley Interface Ltd