Stroke increases the risk of neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS), however, determining the links between stroke and NPS is complex, because they are thought to share common underlying risks.1
“Current evidence reveals the limitations of our knowledge [about neuropsychiatric disorders after stroke] and may change as scientific research reflects that stroke is the pathological basis and cause of [these neuropsychiatric disorders]”1
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