Prevention and Treatment of Poststroke Depression With Mirtazapine in Patients With Acute Stroke

N. Niedermaier, Eva Bohrer, Kerstin Schulte, Peter Schlattmann, Isabella Heuser

The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry · 2004 · 98 citations · 0 references

Abstract

Mirtazapine significantly reduced the rate of poststroke depression in patients with acute stroke. The study also demonstrated that this antidepressant was highly effective in treating poststroke depression.