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Post-Stroke Depression and Antidepressants

Summary Research indicates that antidepressants may be effective at decreasing depressive symptoms and increasing physical funtioning after stroke. In the United States, over 795,000 strokes occur every year, and it is a leading cause of long-term disability. Post-stroke depression (PSD) is a common neuropsychiatric complication with prevalence rates ranging between 39% to 52% during the first…

The beginning

What is the brain? Is it biological jello sloshing around in a chemical cocktail? Is it the seat of the soul? Honestly, I didn’t think about any of this until three years ago, because that’s when I had a stroke. Unlike other turning points in my life – leaving home, moving to America, getting married,…