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In Short And Long Term, Psychosocial Therapy With Antidepressants More Effective In Helping Depressed Stroke Patients
August 8, 2009 by NewsBot
Psychosocial therapy combined with medication can effectively improve depression and recovery in stroke patients, according to a new study reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association. In the first long-term study of psychosocial/behavioral therapy in combination with antidepressants, researchers found that adding psychosocial therapy improved depression scores short term and those improvements were sustained long term.