Response of emotional unawareness after stroke to antidepressant treatment

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 220-227

  Spalletta, Gianfranco ^a,b   Ripa, Alessandra ^a   Bria, Pietro ^c   Caltagirone, Carlo ^a,b   Robinson, Robert G ^d  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Antidepressant; Stroke; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; FLUOXETINE; SERTRALINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALEXITHYMIA; ANOSOGNOSIA; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BARTHEL INDEX; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMOTION; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; STROKE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYMPTOM; THINKING;

EID: 33644902336     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.JGP.0000194647.72654.a1     Document Type: Article

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