Recognition and treatment of psychosomatic diseases
As we all know, psychosomatic diseases are causing more and more medical burdens globally. The relationship between heart and psychology has been gradually recognized and widely studied. In the past...
Expert consensus on diagnosis and treatment of adult mental stress induced hypertension in China (2022 revision): Part A
Mental stress has been recognized as an essential risk factor for hypertension. Therefore, experts specializing in cardiology, psychiatry, and Traditional Chinese Medicine organized by the Psycho-Ca...
Anxiety in individuals with cardiovascular diseases: A narrative review and expert opinion
Anxiety is a commonly prevalent mental problem in patients with cardiovascular diseases (CVD), but its significance and clinical management have been neglected until recently. Similar to depression,...
Functional (psychogenic) seizures are associated with thyroid disorders
Objective: We investigated medical comorbidities in patients with functional seizures (FS) and those with epilepsy (idiopathic generalized epilepsies [IGEs] or temporal lobe epilepsy [TLE]). ...
Trends and outcomes of coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with major depressive disorder: A perspective from the national inpatient sample
Purpose: Coronary artery disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States, representing the highest proportion of deaths due to cardiovascular disease. Treatment of co...
Heart and Mind, a publication of the China International Medical Foundation (CIMF) and the Asia-Pacific institute of Psycho-Cardiology Research, is an international peer reviewed journal with Quarterly print on demand compilation of issues. The journal’s full text is available online at http://www.heartmindjournal.org. The journal allows free access (Open Access) to its contents and permits authors to self-archive final accepted versions of the articles on any OAI-compliant institutional / subject-based repository. The journal focuses on relationships between cardiovascular diseases and mental/psychological disorders, as well as their relationship and interaction with other diseases, environmental and lifestyle factors.