Psychopathological evaluation and use of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale in a sample of Brazilian patients with post-stroke depression

Abstract Background: Depression is the most frequent psychiatric complication of stroke and is often undetected or inadequately treated. Objective: This study aimed to characterize psychopathological aspects of Brazilian patients admitted to an acute stroke unit, and to evaluate the performance of...

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Main Authors: Vinicius S. P. Pedroso, Érica L. M. Vieira, André R. Brunoni, Edward C. Lauterbach, Antônio L. Teixeira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo
Series:Archives of Clinical Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-60832016000600147&lng=en&tlng=en