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Therapies appear helpful in reducing risk of depression following stroke

Published in Biotech Business Week, June 9th, 2008

In the year following a stroke, patients who received the medication escitalopram or participated in a problem-solving therapy group had a lower risk of depression compared to patients who received placebo, according to a study in the May 28 issue of JAMA.

The annual incidence of stroke exceeds 700,000 in the U.S. Depression occurs in more than half of these patients, according to background information in the article. "Post-stroke depression has been shown in numerous studies to be associated with both impaired recovery in activities of daily living and increased mortality. Prevention of depression thus represents a potentially important goal," the researchers...

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