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Depression and Heart DiseaseInternet URLhttp://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/depheart.cfm
Sponsoring AgencyNational Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health DescriptionDepression can strike anyone. However, research over the past two decades has shown that people with heart disease are more likely to suffer from depression than otherwise healthy people, and conversely, that people with depression are at greater risk for developing heart disease. Furthermore, people with heart disease who are depressed have an increased risk of death after a heart attack compared to those who are not depressed. Depression may make it harder to take the medications needed and to carry out the treatment for heart disease. Treatment for depression helps people manage both diseases, thus enhancing survival and quality of life.
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