The Effect of a Brief Intervention for Patients with Ischemic Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Depression and anxiety are common after stroke. There is inconclusive evidence of the benefit of psychotherapy for poststroke depression and anxiety. Here, we used a brief intervention, Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) brief therapy plus health education, to evaluate the changes in patients with ischemic stroke.

Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - June 24, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Yuehua Peng, Yun Lu, Weiquan Wei, Jincong Yu, Dongming Wang, Yang Xiao, Jinzhi Xu, Zengzhen Wang Source Type: research