pathophysiology

1. The relationship between cardiovascular and
psychiatric conditions
Presenter(s): Najat Alshamrani
Naaim Alzahrani
Somaiya Badokhon

2. Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)
At the end of this session the students should be able to:
• Concerning cardiovascular diseases and mental health.
• Neuropsychiatric aspects impacting pathogenesis and cardiovascular progression Disorders
• Relationships among mental health and cardiovascular diseases
• What effects may a cardiac attack have on the mental state?
• Depression evaluation in patients with cardiac problems
• Where can the patient obtain assistance?
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Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)

3. Anatomy of the eye
Effect of cardiovascular diseases and mental health:
• Coronary heart diseases (CHD) are connected (direct proportion) with mental
disorderand vice versa.
cardiovascular diseases and mental health

4. 1. Psychosocial factors:
• Social standing.
• Income.
• Region.
• Job classification.
Neuropsychiatric aspects impacting pathogenesis &
cardiovascular progression Disorders

5. 2. Personality characteristics of Type A
 Anger/repressed rage
 Hostility.
 Interaction between antagonists
Neuropsychiatric aspects impacting pathogenesis &
cardiovascular progression Disorders

6. 3. Depression
4. Anxiety
 Anxiety about phobias.
 Immediate and long-term mental stress.

7. Relationships among mental health and
cardiovascular diseases
- GAD is independently associated with poor outcomes in patients with
established CVD.
- Following MI, GAD is associated with a risk of
mortality over 10 years.
- PD has been associated with an increased risk
for incident CVD, major cardiac events and MI.
- CVD is the leading cause of death in patients with
schizophrenia. In a study of over 1 million patients,
those with schizophrenia were 3.5-times more likely to
die than the general population, with CVD being the
leading cause.

8. Relationships among mental health and
cardiovascular diseases

9. Abnormal finding of the eye
Several people notice that they become more conscious of feelings in their bodies after
experiencing a heart attack.
What effects may a cardiac attack have on the
mental state?

10. Abnormal finding of the eye
It is not usually simple to diagnose depression in patients with heart disease.
Doctors could screen against depression using surveys and questionnaires.
Depression evaluation in patients with cardiac
problems

11. NORMAL ANATOMY OF THE EAR
The patient gets help from:
 Your primary care physician (GP).
 Psychologist.
 Heart rehabilitation program.
Where can the patient obtain assistance?

12. NORMAL ANATOMY OF THE EAR
Where can the patient obtain assistance?
The patient gets help from:
 Public health centre in the neighbourhood.
 Helpline for the Heart Foundation.

13. Summery
 Coronary heart diseases (CHD) are connected (direct proportion)
with mental disorderand vice versa.
 There are several psychosocial factors, depression and anxiety
impact pathogenesis and cardiovascular progression disorders such
as social standing, income, region, job classification, anxiety about
phobias, Immediate and long-term mental stress.
 It is not usually simple to diagnose depression in patients with heart
disease. Doctors could screen against depression using surveys and
questionnaires.
 There are symptoms on mental state chest comfort, sweeting,
nausea and shorten of breath.

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3) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5149447/
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