Correlations between stroke and anxiety

As shown on the slide, there are many potential points of interaction between the disease processes of stroke and anxiety.^1,2

References:
1.Kapoor A, Si K, Yu AYX, et al. Younger age and depressive symptoms predict high risk of generalized anxiety after stroke and transient ischemic attack. Stroke 2019; 50 (9): 2359–2363.

2.Chun HY, Ford A, Kutlubaev MA, Almeida OP, Mead GE. Depression, anxiety, and suicide after stroke: a narrative review of the best available evidence. Stroke 2022; 53 (4): 1402–1410.

Gillian Mead. Personal communication.