Diagnosis, phenomenology and treatment of poststroke depression
Diagnosing depression in stroke patients is a challenge in neuropsychiatry since depression symptoms may overlap neurological deficit signs. The best approach is to assess the presence of depressive symptoms using semi-structured or structured psychiatric interviews, such as the Present State Exam,...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP)
2002-01-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462002000100011 |