Futurity - U. IOWA (US) — Taking a short course of antidepressants after a stroke appears to boost physically recovery months after the medication is stopped. “The idea that antidepressants might benefit early recovery from stroke has been around for a couple of years,” says Robert Robinson, University of Iowa professor of psychiatry and senior study author. “But one major question left unanswered by previous studies was, ‘Does the effect last after the medication stops?’