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Pocket Guidelines on mental health and CVD

Chairpersons: Héctor Bueno, Christi Deaton

Publication date : 2025

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Table of contents:

  • Introduction
    • The relationship between mental and cardiovascular health and disease
    • Enduring problems
    • The Psycho-Cardio team
    • Section summary points and management cosensus statements
  • Impact of mental health on the risk of developing CVD
    • Psychosocial stress
    • Mental health conditions as risk factors for CVD
      • Depression
      • Anxiety
      • Post-traumatic stress disorder
    • Section summary points and management consensus statements
  • Mental health and mental health conditions in people with CVD
    • Specific mental health conditions in people with CVD: prevalence and prognostic impact
      • Depression
      • Anxiety
      • Cardiac disease-induced post-traumatic stress disorder/symptoms
    • Addressing the mental health needs of informal caregivers for people with CVD
    • Section summary points and management consensus statements
  • Identification, prevention, and management of mental health issues in people with CVD
    • Awareness of needs in people with CVD
    • Identification and screening
    • Management of mental health conditions in people with CVD
      • Communication, education, and support for people with mental health conditions and CVD
      • Psychological interventions
      • Psycho-education
      • Social prescribing
      • Other psychological interventions
      • Lifestyle interventions
    • Medical interventions
    • Section summary points and management consensus statements
  • Severe mental illness and CVD
    • Increased CVD risk in people with severe mental illness
    • Management of cardiovascular conditions in people with severe mental illness
    • Section summary points and management consensus statements
  • Mental health in specific populations and situations
    • Sex and gender differences in mental health and CVD
    • Mental health and CVD in people with frailty and multimorbidity
    • Mental health and CVD in socioeconomically deprived populations
    • Mental health and CVD in people with cancer (cardio-oncology)
    • Section summary points and management consensus statements
  • Key Messages