STRESS and STROKE: A psychological approach to patients

In society, people are confronted with challenging situations of an emotional, personal, family, professional and socio-cultural nature, which generate stress. The psychopathological manifestations of stress, such as anxiety, depression and eating disorders, appear as an imbalance in an individual's personality but also manifest as a failure of coping strategies. Stroke and its increasing incidence in terms of both mortality and, above all, morbidity, has become one of the leading causes of disability in the modern world and constitutes a public health problem. Medically, its onset is described as being caused by major organic risk factors such as high blood pressure, diabetes, etc. This book focuses on the role of stress in the onset and progression of a stroke. Stress represents a risk factor: a psychological factor that contributes to and exacerbates a stroke. The link between stress and stroke highlights the recommendations for the psychological care of stroke patients (prevention, psychological support, etc.).