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Rates of emotional problems were low given the highly disabled population studied. The HAD was relatively insensitive in comparison with the BAI and BDI. The GHQ-12 was sensitive and therefore recommended as a short screening measure. An alternative short screen, 'Emotional GNDS', was proposed.

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Although questionnaire assessments of depression provide a satisfactory screening method, specificity values are too low to provide a basis for the diagnosis of depression. Measures need to be developed with higher specificity to facilitate screening for depression after stroke.

The study suggests that post-stroke depression does not differ qualitatively from general depression and that general theories and thus treatments for depression may be valid within this population.