Psychosocial therapy with antidepressants more effective in helping depressed stroke patients

Thursday, August 6, 2009 - 15:42 in Health & Medicine

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

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