Can nurses help identify patients with depression following stroke?
In this study, the Geriatric Mental State examination and the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale were at least as efficient at detecting the depression in patients who have had a stroke. However, as the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale is quicker to administer, it may prove more useful to nurses clinically.
These findings suggest that modulation of the dopaminergic and serotonergic systems acutely does not lead to changes in MMN.