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    Br J Psychiatry. 1989 Feb;154:195-200.

    Mood disorder following cerebrovascular accident.

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    Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

    Abstract

    Depression appears to be common after stroke, and therefore may have a bearing upon rehabilitation. To examine whether the depression is due to a specific brain lesion, or is reactive to the consequent disability, this study looked at the frequency and associations of depressed mood in a stroke rehabilitation unit in-patient population, unselected for site of lesion. Depression affected 50% of the patients; history of previous psychiatric disorder and cerebrovascular accident appeared to be important risk factors. There were hemispheric differences in the relationships between measures, with both the site-of-lesion and reactive viewpoints being upheld.

    PMID:
    2528388
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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