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Depression After Stroke

DOI

42

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0

References

1997

Year

Franco Angeleri, V. A. Angeleri, Nicoletta Foschi, Salvatore Giaquinto, G. Nolfe, Antonio Saginario, Mario Signorino
The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Abstract

A high percentage of patients have depressive disorders 3 years or more after the stroke, independent of the side. Such mood disorders worsen the relationship between the disabled patients and their relatives and worsen leisure independent of the affected hemisphere.