Does Depression Contribute to a Broken Heart?

Reflections on Depression as a Cardiac Risk Factor by Nancy Frasure-Smith, PhD and François Lespérance, MD conducted research in the area. Review the article for complete abstract. Their finding indicate that depression is a risk factor in heart disease.

If you are a practicing nurse, other medical professional, psychologist, therapist or other mental health professional in your clinical experience we imagine that you have often see how the body and mind work together to improve health and healing or complicate DISease.

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