The impact of mental vulnerability on the relationship between cardiovascular disease and depression.

Terese Sara Hoej JoergensenMarie Kim Wium-AndersenMartin Balslev JørgensenMerete Osler

Published in: European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists (2020)

Mental vulnerability did not explain the strong relationship between CVD and depression. CVD was associated with additional cases of depression among individuals with higher mental vulnerability indicating that this group holds the greatest potential for intervention, for example, in rehabilitation settings.

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