Book contents
- Comprehensive Men’s Mental Health
- Comprehensive Men’s Mental Health
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Section 1 The Developmental Context and Developmental Disorders
- Section 2 Body Image and Anxiety Disorders
- Section 3 Suicidality and Mood Disorders in Men
- Section 4 Violence, Sociopathy, and Substance Misuse in Men
- Section 5 Physical and Mental Health Overlap
- Chapter 19 HIV and Mental Health in Men
- Chapter 20 Cardiovascular Disease and Mental Health in Men
- Chapter 21 Cancer and Mental Health
- Section 6 Mental Health of Men in Later Life
- Index
- References
Chapter 20 - Cardiovascular Disease and Mental Health in Men
from Section 5 - Physical and Mental Health Overlap
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 March 2021
- Comprehensive Men’s Mental Health
- Comprehensive Men’s Mental Health
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Section 1 The Developmental Context and Developmental Disorders
- Section 2 Body Image and Anxiety Disorders
- Section 3 Suicidality and Mood Disorders in Men
- Section 4 Violence, Sociopathy, and Substance Misuse in Men
- Section 5 Physical and Mental Health Overlap
- Chapter 19 HIV and Mental Health in Men
- Chapter 20 Cardiovascular Disease and Mental Health in Men
- Chapter 21 Cancer and Mental Health
- Section 6 Mental Health of Men in Later Life
- Index
- References
Summary
The concept of, and link between, the heart and mind has been postulated for centuries and there is now a growing recognition of the connection between mental and cardiovascular health: that cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mental health problems are not only common companions, but that each can lead to the other (Chaddha et al., 2016; Cohen et al., 2015). For example, depression and anxiety are common in people with CVD and are consistently associated with lower quality of life, poorer somatic symptoms, higher mortality, and higher healthcare costs, with between 1 in 2 (Westermair et al., 2018) to 1 in 3 (Norlund et al., 2018) people with CVD meeting the criteria for an anxiety and/or depressive disorder and 1 in 5 (Westermair et al., 2018) receiving mental health care.
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- Comprehensive Men's Mental Health , pp. 222 - 231Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021