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- 2019
Impact of psychiatric comorbidity on the severity, short-term functional outcome, and psychiatric complications after acute strokeDOI: 10.2147/NDT.S206771 Keywords: stroke, psychiatric disorder, comorbidity Abstract: The comorbidity of psychiatric disorders and cerebrovascular disease appears to be complex with underlying bidirectional influences. Hitherto, research has focused mainly on the evaluation of stroke risk in particular psychiatric disorders; only a few studies have assessed their role in the acute natural history of stroke. The aim of this study was to provide a perspective on psychiatric premorbidity and its impact on stroke severity, psychiatric complications during the initial treatment phase, and the short-term functional outcome of stroke
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