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The article aims to emphasize the importance of depressive symptoms and syndromes in the overall wellbeing of people with neurological disorders, and to equip clinicians with the practical skills to recognize and treat depression effectively. It discusses the symptom of depression in Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, and stroke. Depression is a heterogeneous group of conditions and a clinical diagnosis without external validators. Diagnosis of depression in the setting of disorders that produce psychomotor retardation and changes in vegetative function can be particularly challenging.