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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

By
David R. Thompson  and
Chantal F. Ski
Edited by
David Castle  and
David Coghill
David Castle
Affiliation:
University of Melbourne
David Coghill
Affiliation:
University of Melbourne
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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 - 231
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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