[Depression as a complication of stroke].

Depression remains frequent occurrenced (25-60%) but rare detected and treated stroke complication. It may have an essential influence on patients' rehabilitation by delaying their time of health remittance. On the basis of literature review present prevalence, pathogenesis and phenomenology of the poststroke depression. We have also paid attention on so called silent strokes role, which may be cause of depression syndromes occurred at elder and pre-elder people.