Pay attention to the early and late post-stroke depression

Abstract

Post-stroke depression (PSD) is one of the common complications after stroke. However, it is often overlooked in clinical practice. As a result, many patients have been misdiagnosed or never been diagnosed. Post-stroke depression directly affect cognitive function, late rehabilitation, functional recovery and the quality of life in stroke patients, and is closely related to the high recurrence rate, disability rate and mortality of stroke. In order to deepen the understanding of early and late PSD, this paper summarized recent progress of PSD at home and abroad, and made a brief introduction on the epidemiology, pathogenesis, influencing factors, screening and diagnosis, treatment and prevention of PSD.

DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-6731.2015.04.003