الفهرس 
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Abstract
Aim of the work
1- Psychiatric evaluation of patients with cerebrovascular stroke.
2- Studying the effect of the following variables on post stroke psychiatric disorders:
a) Demographic variables.
Conclusion
1- Depressive disorders are common in patients with cerebrovasular stroke patients (52.0%), a figure which is in concordance with that reported in international studies, but higher than that reported in Egyptian studies.
2- Depressed stroke patients from urban areas were more than (n= 20, 62.5%) those from rural areas (n=6, 33.3%) probably because they had higher level of education and longer survival rate than those from rural areas.
3- Patients with past history of anxiety or depression before stroke are more likely to have post stroke depression which is in concordance with many international studies.
4- No significant relations have been found between hemispheric side of lesion and pathology of lesion (infarction or hemorrhage) and post stroke depression.
5- No significant relations have been found between depression and cognitive and intellectual impairment post stroke.
6- Severity of post stroke depression (reported as scores on SCL depression and Hamilton depression scales) was related significantly to the presence of premorbid personality disorders.
7- Anxiety disorders may occur in patients with stroke (24.0%) a figure that is in concordance with that reported in international studies but higher than that reported in Egyptian studied.
8- Patients who are working before stroke, who were form urban areas, who were illiterate and who were smoking are more likely to have anxiety disorders post stroke.
9- Myocardial infarction patients had significantly severe life events 1 month before onset of infarction than healthy persons but not stroke patients.