Search Results for "Acute Stage Of Post Stroke Depression"
Original Source: Depression in acute stroke: prevalence, dominant symptoms and associated factors. A systematic literature review.
Purpose. The aim of this review was to provide a comprehensive analysis of the state of knowledge about post-stroke depression (PSD) in the acute phase, focusing on: (a) the prevalence of depressive disorder and depressive symptoms, (b) the dominant depressive symptoms, (c) the factors associated with PSD and (d) the follow-up consequences. Method. A computer-aided search in MEDLINE, CINAHL, PsychInfo, EMBASE, British Nursing index, Pub Med and Ovid Nursing Database was performed. We systematically searched...
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Depression is a serious mental health condition, where sad feelings carry on for weeks or months and interfere with your life. The symptoms include feeling unhappy most of the time (but may feel a...
A stroke, previously known medically as a cerebrovascular accident (CVA), is the rapidly developing loss of brain function(s) due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. This can be due to...
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Functional Brain Impairment Likely Responsible For Post-Stroke Depression
Researchers studying stroke patients have found a strong association between impairments in a network of the brain involved in emotional regulation and the severity of post-stroke depression. Results...
Post-stroke depression linked to functional brain impairment
Researchers studying stroke patients have found a strong association between impairments in a network of the brain involved in emotional regulation and the severity of post-stroke depression. Results...
Improvement Needed In Post-Stroke Depression Screening
Physicians are prescribing anti-depressants for stroke patients without first giving them a proper diagnosis, they are over-treating some patients, and overlooking others, according to a study present...
fMRI Links Post-Stroke Depression to Brain Impairment
Using fMRI, researchers have found a strong association between post-stroke depression and functional brain impairment.
Strong link between functional brain impairment and post-stroke depression
Researchers studying stroke patients have found a strong association between impairments in a network of the brain involved in emotional regulation and the severity of post-stroke depression. Results...
Hispanics suffer more post-stroke depression
BOSTON (Reuters Health) - Post-stroke depression is more common in Hispanics than non-Hispanic whites or African Americans - a difference that seems to be driven by education and insurance status,...
Post-stroke depression increases risk of suicide and mortality
Antidepressant medications known as SSRIs, such as fluoxetine (Prozac), sertraline (Zoloft), and escitalopram (Lexapro), are effective when given to stroke patients as a preventive measure, the physic...
Screening for post-stroke depression inadequate and inconsistent, study finds
(Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada) Physicians are prescribing anti-depressants for stroke patients without first giving them a proper diagnosis, they are over-treating some patients, and overlook...
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Low serum BDNF may indicate the development of PSD in patients with acute ischemic stroke.
OBJECTIVE: This study was to test whether serum BDNF or tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) is correlated with the development of depression at the acute stage of stroke. METHODS: Hundred ischemic stro...
Purpose. The aim of this review was to provide a comprehensive analysis of the state of knowledge about post-stroke depression (PSD) in the acute phase, focusing on: (a) the prevalence of depressive d...
Abstract Background: Decreased brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) has been demonstrated in animal models and patients with depression. However, little is known about changes in BDNF in post-stro...
BACKGROUND: Depression occurs in approximately one-third of patients following stroke based on studies that screen entire stroke populations. Less is known about the detection and treatment of post st...
BACKGROUND: Cerebral microbleeds (CMBs) are common in stroke survivors, although their clinical significance in the development of psychiatric conditions following stroke remains unknown. This study e...
