Sociodemographic profile and social support for post stroke depression in Peshawar: A hospital based cross sectional study

The world health organization has highlighted the emergence of non-communicable diseases, including stroke, in the developing countries. As a cause of death, stroke ranks first in the developing continents like Africa, and Asia. Stroke is the foremost cause of neuropsychiatric disease, including post-stroke depression (PSD) which is very common and undiagnosed disorder in stroke survivors