Importance of retardation and fatigue/interest domains for the diagnosis of major depressive episode after stroke: a four months prospective study

Abstract

The domains of retardation and interest/fatigue are the most relevant for the diagnosis of major depressive episode after stroke.

Rates and correlates of suicidal ideation among stroke survivors: a meta-analysis

“…All studies were written in English language and were conducted in Brazil,30 Canada,9 21 China,22 31 Finland,26 Hong Kong,27–29 Korea,8 14 24 New Zealand,23 Portugal15 and USA 25. Sample sizes ranged between 7330 and 45608 individuals.…”

“…All studies were written in English language and were conducted in Brazil,30 Canada,9 21 China,22 31 Finland,26 Hong Kong,27–29 Korea,8 14 24 New Zealand,23 Portugal15 and USA 25. Sample sizes ranged between 7330 and 45608 individuals. Assessment of suicidal ideation was completed at very different points in time after stroke, varying from a few days15 22 24 25 31 to several months,21 23 26–30 using heterogeneous methods including single-item tests, Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation (BSI), General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), Geriatric Mental State Examination (GMS), Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS), Montgomery Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS), Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ), Present State Examination (PSE) and Structured Clinical Interview for DSM (SCID).…”

Stroke lesion in cortical neural circuits and post-stroke incidence of major depressive episode: A 4-month prospective study

“…In all three evaluations, the diagnosis of major depressive episode was made by an experienced psychiatrist (LT), blinded for imaging data, using the SCID for DSM-IV, Axis I disorders (American Psychiatric Association 1994; First 1995). In the first evaluation in the Neurology Unit, as we described in a previous work (Terroni et al 2009), the diagnosis of major depressive episode was made considering a period of 1 week, as have been done in others studies (Robinson et al 1984a; Astrom et al 1993; Caeiro et al 2006). The 31-item Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAM-D-31) (Williams 1988; Jamerson et al 2003) was used at every visit to assess the severity of depressive symptoms.…”

Post stroke depression: clinics, etiopathogenesis and therapeutics

“…Gainotti et al identified depressed mood, anhedonia and suicidal thoughts as more prevalent in non-stroke depressive patients than in patients with PSD 21 . In Brazil, Terroni et al point out the relevance of fatigue symptoms and reduction of general interests in the diagnosis of PSD 13 .…”