HealthDay (9/7, Preidt) reports, “Stroke survivors face an increased risk of developing depression,” researchers found after analyzing “national databases in Denmark to compare depression risk among stroke survivors and people with no history of stroke.” Investigators found that “in the first three months after having a stroke, survivors’ risk of depression was eight times higher than among people with no history of stroke.”
According to Healio (9/7, Oldt), the findings were published online Sept. 7 in JAMA Psychiatry. An accompanying editorial observed the “study indicates the need for a reappraisal of the importance of the stroke lesion in triggering depression in the context of background predisposing factors.”
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— “Stroke Survivors Often Struggle With Depression,” Robert Preidt, HealthDay, September 7, 2016.