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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Post-stroke depression (PSD) is considered as the most frequent and important neuropsychiatric consequence of stroke, since approximately one-third of stroke survivors experience depression. Moreover this condition can have an adverse effect on cognitive function, functional recovery and survival.

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) IV categorizes post-stroke depression as “mood disorder due to a general medical condition (i.e. stroke)” with the specifiers of depressive features, major depressive-like episodes, manic features, or mixed features. Utilizing patient data from acute hospital admission, community surveys, or out patient clinics previous studies have identified two types of depressive disorders associated with cerebral ischemia: major depression, which occurs in up to 25% of patients; and minor depression, which has been defined for research purposes by DSM-IV criteria as a depressed mood or loss of interest and at least two but fewer than four symptoms of major depression. Minor depression occurs in up to 30% of patients following stroke.

Prevalence clearly varies over time with an apparent peak 3-6 months after stroke and subsequent decline in prevalence at one-year reaches about to 50% of initial rates. Robinson and colleagues characterized the natural course of major depression after stroke with spontaneous remission typically 1 to 2 years after stroke However, it was also noted that in few cases depression becomes chronic and may persist more than 3 years following stroke . On the other hand, minor depression appeared to be more variable, with both short term and long term depression occurring in these patients .

The scientific community is divided into two “camps” supporting opposing views: some propose a primary biological mechanism with stroke affecting neural circuits involved in mood regulation which in turn causes post-stroke depression , while other researchers claim that post stroke depression is caused by social and psychological stressors that emerge as a result of stroke.

While an integrated bio-psycho-social model including both biological and psychosocial aspects of post stroke depression seems warranted, a number of studies clearly suggest that biological mechanisms play a major role in the development of post stroke depression.

  1. stroke patients show a higher rate of depression compared to orthopedic patients with disabilities of comparable severity.
  2. Several studies proposed an association with specific lesions (left anterior and basal ganglia lesions and lesions close to frontal pole) and occurrence of post stroke depression.
  3. Some studies reported an association between post-stroke mania and right orbital frontal, basotemporal, basal ganglia lesions.
  4. It has been shown that patients with anosognosia who are unaware of their disability still develop post stroke depression.

Despite this evidence, the association of post-stroke depression to specific brain lesions is still vague and needs replication from various independent groups. Furthermore the cause of post stroke depression at a functional level is not clear.

The only biological model was proposed by Robinson and co-workers: They hypothesized that the depletion of monoaminergic amines occurring after stroke play a role in post stroke-depression. They point our that norepinephrinergic and serotonergic nuclei send projections to the frontal cortex and arc posteriorly, running through the deep layers of the cortex, where they arborize and send terminal projections into the superficial cortical layers. These norepinephrinergic and serotoninergic pathways are disrupted in basal ganglia and frontal lobe lesions – sites that are shown to be associated with post stroke depression.

However, this model is far from being universally accepted and there are serious objections both to their model and findings showing the association between post-stroke depression and lesion sites.

References

  1. Gainotti G.Mcmarra C: Determinants and consequences of post stroke depression. Curr Opin Neurol 2002; 15:85-89
  2. American Psychiatric Association: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders – DSM-IV. Washington DC: Am Psychiat. Press 1994
  3. Robinson RG, Starr LB, Kubos KL, Price TR: A Two year longitudinal study of post-stroke mood disorders: findings during the initial evaluation. Stroke 1983; 14:736-44
  4. Gainotti G, Azzoni A, Marra C: Frequency, phenomenology and anatomica-clinical correlates of major post-stroke depression. Br J Psychiatry 1999; 175: 163-167 Robinson RG, Starksein SE: Current research in affective disorders following stroke. J Neuropsyhiatrical Clin Neurosci 1990; 2: 1-14
  5. Robinson RG, Starksein SE: Current research in affective disorders following stroke. J Neuropsyhiatrical Clin Neurosci 1990; 2: 1-14

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