Key result
Integrating cardiovascular and mental health management in primary care addresses their overlooked interplay.
Why the study?
Despite being major non-communicable diseases, the interplay between cardiovascular diseases and mental health conditions is largely overlooked, with care typically dichotomized between physical and mental health.
Highlights the need for integrated cardiovascular and mental health management in primary care to improve NCD outcomes in Indonesia.
May support integrated CV-mental health care in Indonesian primary care; leaves open need for prospective trials before adoption.
This paper argues for the need for an integrated approach towards cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and mental health (MH) disorders. Despite non-communicable diseases (NCDs) being a major public health problem and thus a prime concern for primary health centres, the strong interplay between CVDs and MH conditions as two major NCDs is largely overlooked. Management for MH and CVDs tends to be dichotomized between mental and physical health. This paper continues a publication by a Southeast Asian panel by using Indonesia as a national case study. The paper describes the results of a discussion by an interdisciplinary team of national experts on barriers to NCD management in current policy and clinical implementation. The thematic review provides a basis for the recommendation for an integrated cardiovascular and mental health approach to optimize policy for NCD prevention and management.
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Santoso et al. (2025) conducted a review in Cardiovascular diseases and mental health disorders. Integrated cardiovascular and mental health management was evaluated. An integrated approach to cardiovascular and mental health management in Indonesian primary care is recommended to address the overlooked interplay between these major non-communicable diseases.
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