The Creative Therapy Which Reduces Depression in Young and Old Alike - Music

You will need to have your doctor validate which is better. Normal antidepressants because they have already been proven to help recovery.

Antidepressants may help people recover from stroke even if they are not depressed

Or maybe you'd rather have real antidepressants for this reason.

Anti-Depressant Reduces Alzheimer’s Plaque Growth by 78 Percent

 Has your doctor put any thought at all into treating your depression?

The Creative Therapy Which Reduces Depression in Young and Old Alike

Music therapy can reduce depression in children and adolescents with emotional and behavioural problems, a large new study finds.


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I'd have to say every stroke survivor has emotional problems due to the fact that their doctor has NO f*cking clue how to get them to 100% recovery. With no published stroke rehabilitation protocols there is no objective way to even know if anything done for your stroke rehab works at all. Or is everything you recover due to spontaneous recovery?