FRIDAY, March 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Psychotherapy and antidepressants are associated with improved outcomes for people with coronary artery disease or heart failure and comorbid anxiety or depression. This was revealed in a study published online on March 20th. American Heart Association Journal.

Cheryl N. Karmin, Ph.D., of The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, and colleagues studied 1,563 patients (mean age, 50.1 years) with coronary artery disease or heart failure and comorbid anxiety or depression.

Researchers found that people receiving both forms of mental health treatment were 75% less likely to be readmitted to the hospital, 74% less likely to visit the emergency department, and 66% less likely to die from any cause. I discovered that.

“The results of this study demonstrate that mental health interventions have significant protective effects on cardiovascular outcomes in patients with depression and anxiety,” the authors write. “Thus, these findings motivate further research investigating mental health interventions in patients with cardiovascular disease.”

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