http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/review-finds-women-more-prone-to-post-stroke-depression/ Exploring Healthy Psychotherapy Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:06:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/review-finds-women-more-prone-to-post-stroke-depression/#comment-25468 Thomas Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:28:37 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=5788#comment-25468 I thought the incidence of depression was generally higher in women than men anyway. Could it not be that some of those studied were already suffering undiagnosed and untreated depression prior to the stroke? I thought the incidence of depression was generally higher in women than men anyway. Could it not be that some of those studied were already suffering undiagnosed and untreated depression prior to the stroke?

]]> http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/review-finds-women-more-prone-to-post-stroke-depression/#comment-25383 Susan Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:25:45 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=5788#comment-25383 This just raises the concern once again that medical care needs to treat the whole person and not just the symptoms at hand. When counselors are able to get in there with the doctors who are treating the physical aspects of the stroke, they can also work together to develop a care plan that will address the other underlying problems such as this that are sure to occur in more patients than we may have once realized. And these kinds of studies can't stop with just stroke victims. We have to look at illnesses across the board and detrmine which patients are most high risk and how we can all better serve their individual needs. This just raises the concern once again that medical care needs to treat the whole person and not just the symptoms at hand. When counselors are able to get in there with the doctors who are treating the physical aspects of the stroke, they can also work together to develop a care plan that will address the other underlying problems such as this that are sure to occur in more patients than we may have once realized. And these kinds of studies can’t stop with just stroke victims. We have to look at illnesses across the board and detrmine which patients are most high risk and how we can all better serve their individual needs.

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