Abstract

Neuropsychiatry Syndromes Following Ischemic Stroke

Author(s): Hua Jun Liang, Yan Liang, Gabor S. Ungvari, Wai Kwong Tang

Stroke is the leading cause of chronic disability. Many people who survive a cerebrovascular accident live with the chronic and disabling consequences. Stroke survivors commonly report a low sense of well-being caused by restricted physical functions and the general psychological sequelae of disability coupled with a variety of specific neuropsychiatric complications.