Poststroke Depression in Hemorrhagic Stroke

Exclusion Criteria

• •Non-English speaking patients will be excluded.
• •Patients currently receiving therapy for depression or related mental health diagnoses before admission will be excluded.
• •Patients with medical contraindications to fluoxetine therapy will be excluded.
• •Pregnant patients or patients considering pregnancy during the trial period at the time of consent will be excluded.
• •Patients with active psychosis will be excluded.
• •Patients who are incarcerated or in police custody will be excluded.
• •Patients with a comorbidity or cognitive impairment (as determined by a recruiter-administered Montreal Cognitive Assessment; Patients scoring \>26 are considered of appropriate cognitive function for consent) that precludes informed consent and participation in the research interviews will be excluded.