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

This review provides an outline of the association between major depressive disorder
(MDD) and coronary heart disease (CHD). Much is known about the two individual clinical …

A key factor to successful secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is optimal
patient adherence to treatment. However, unsatisfactory rates of adherence to treatment for …

The recommendations listed in this document are, whenever possible, evidence based. An
extensive evidence review was conducted as the document was compiled through …

The notion that psychological states can influence physical health is hardly new, and
perhaps nowhere has the mind-body connection been better studied than in cardiovascular …

The treatment of chronic illnesses commonly includes the long-term use of
pharmacotherapy. Although these medications are effective in combating disease, their full …

Introduction Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) significantly reduces secondary cardiovascular
events and mortality and is a class 1A recommendation by the American Heart Association …

Medication adherence usually refers to whether patients take their medications as
prescribed (eg, twice daily), as well as whether they continue to take a prescribed …

Objective To conduct a meta-analysis of the association between depression and
medication adherence among patients with chronic diseases. Poor medication adherence …

Background: Although evidence exists for the efficacy of cardiac rehabilitation programmes
to reduce morbidity and mortality among patients with cardiovascular disease, cardiac …