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Post Stroke Depression

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<strong>Depression</strong> in Medical illness:The (bad) “Good Reasons” argument•Empirically incorrect•Less than half of any medically ill population meet criteria formajor depression•“Understandability” may rationalise a serious treatable disorder•<strong>Depression</strong> vs. Despondency•Primary conceptual problem is the overlap between physicaland psychological symptoms•Seen particularly in chronic debilitating conditions (malignancy,autoimmune conditions, chronic infections) and neurologicaldisorders such as Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinsons Disease, ABIand <strong>Stroke</strong>

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