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Non-drug strategies to resolve psychosocial difficulties after stroke
Author(s)	Peter Knapp, John Young, Allan House
Journal title	Age and Ageing, vol 29, no 1, January 2000
Pages	pp 23-30
Keywords	Stroke ; Therapeutics ; Preventative medicine ; Depression ; Anxiety ; Stress ; Literature reviews.
Annotation	Psychosocial difficulties are common after stroke; and patients experience increased levels of clinical depression, anxiety and general psychological distress. Difficulties in personal and social adjustment are also common and are associated with mood disorder, with patients reporting a reduction in both the quantity and quality of relationships. Carers can also experience problems with mood disorder and impaired social function, both in the short and the long term. These problems have been reported even in those in receipt of well-organised rehabilitation services. Interventions therefore need to be aimed specifically at improving psychosocial outcomes after stroke, and several have been developed and evaluated in trials. The purpose of this article is to review those studies. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-000203211 A
Classmark	CQA: LL: LK2: ENR: ENP: QNH: 64A
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