Integrating mental health interventions into cardiac rehabilitation enhances psychological well-being and cardiovascular prognosis, though implementation remains inconsistent.
Cardiac rehabilitation serves as an underused yet strategic framework for embedding mental health care into secondary cardiovascular prevention.
Mental health conditions (eg, depression, anxiety) are highly prevalent in cardiovascular populations, impacting treatment adherence, functional recovery, quality of life, and long-term outcomes. Mechanisms underpinning the heart-brain-mind axis are multifactorial, involving behavioral, cognitive, neuroendocrine, autonomic, and systemic inflammatory processes. Integrating pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions into cardiac rehabilitation enhances both psychological well-being and cardiovascular prognosis. Nonetheless, the implementation of such interventions remains inconsistent, underscoring cardiac rehabilitation as an underused yet strategic framework for embedding mental health care into secondary prevention.
Albuquerque et al. (Thu,) conducted a review in Cardiovascular disease with mental health conditions. Cardiac rehabilitation integrating mental health care was evaluated. Integrating mental health interventions into cardiac rehabilitation enhances psychological well-being and cardiovascular prognosis, though implementation remains inconsistent.
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