Does Cognitive Recovery After Treatment of Poststroke Depression Last? A 2-Year Follow-Up of Cognitive Function Associated With Poststroke Depression

Abstract

Cognitive function, once improved after remission of poststroke depression, is likely to remain stable over the next 2 years in the absence of subsequent reinjury to the central nervous system. Cognitive impairment due to poststroke depression is reversible and can be quantified separately from cognitive impairment on the basis of the location and extent of ischemic brain damage.