In this article, the authors evaluate the possible roles of negative emotions and cognitions in
the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and physical health, focusing on the …

Depression increases the risk of cardiac mortality and morbidity in patients with coronary
heart disease (CHD), but the mechanisms that underlie this association remain unclear. This …

Depression is associated with a lowered degree of esterification of serum cholesterol, an
increased C20: 4ω6/C20: 5ω3 ratio and decreases in ω3 fractions in fatty acids (FAs) or in …

The purpose of this review is to examine the epidemiological, psychological, and
experimental evidence for an association between anxiety and coronary heart disease …

Depression is highly prevalent in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) and is
associated with excess medical morbidity and mortality. This article reviews the mechanisms …

Abstract According to George Winokur, psychiatric illnesses are like other medical
conditions. They have distinctive clinical features and are separable from other disorders on …

In the UK, the lifetime-documented prevalence of major depressive disorder (MDD) is
currently 10%. Despite its increasing prevalence and devastating impact on quality of life …

This study compared the serum lipid concentrations in 100 patients with major depressive
disorder (MDD) with those from 100 matched healthy controls. It was found that the serum …

Cholesterol plays an integral role in the structure and function of the cell membrane and may
also affect neurotransmission in the central nervous system. Previous work has identified …

Background Cholesterol and depression are both cardiac risk factors, but the direction and
magnitude of the association between these risk factors is unclear. Purpose Meta-analytic …