People with severe mental illness, consisting of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major
depression, have a high burden of modifiable cardiovascular risk behaviors and conditions …

Psychosocial management is a core component of outpatient Phase-II cardiac rehabilitation
(CR) and includes psychosocial assessment, providing interventions, measuring outcomes …

Depression is common in patients with ischemic heart disease, and depressed patients are
more likely to develop atherosclerosis and experience major cardiac events compared with …

Background Anxiety is a common comorbidity in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD)
and is associated with worse prognosis. However, effective treatment for anxiety in CHD …

Objective The aim of the Cardiovascular Health in Anxiety and Mood Problems Study
(CHAMPS) is to pilot the Unified Protocol (UP) for the transdiagnostic treatment of …

In our clinical practice, we often see patients with physical disorders such as HTN or
coronary artery disease (CAD). There might be some significant drug-drug interactions …

Purpose: Many patients exhibit clinically significant depression upon enrollment in cardiac
rehabilitation (CR). Antidepressants are a first-line treatment option for depression, but the …

Background The risk of major depressive disorder (MDD) and insomnia is higher in patients
with coronary heart disease (CHD) than in the general population. In addition, immune …

Introduction With the development of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI), a
relatively uncomplicated treatment of depression and a safer alternative to tricyclic …

Background A substantial proportion of individuals with coronary artery disease experience
moderate or severe acute depression that requires treatment. We assessed the cost …