Bruno B Lima

TL;DR: Depression treatment with medication or cognitive behavioral therapy in patients with cardiovascular disease is associated with modest improvement in depressive symptoms but no improvement in cardiac outcomes.

TL;DR: Diet and obesity can affect mood through direct effects, or stress-related mental disorders could lead to changes in diet habits that affect weight, which has led to efforts to assess polyunsaturated fats as a treatment for depression.

TL;DR: Among patients with coronary artery disease, higher psychological distress is associated with future cardiovascular events in women only, and no such association was found in men.

TL;DR: All studies reported statistically significant relationships between depression and poor adherence to antihypertensive medications, but definitive conclusions cannot be drawn because of substantial heterogeneity between studies with respect to the assessment of depression and adherence, as well as inconsistencies in results both within and between studies.

TL;DR: It is suggested that mental stress–induced myocardial ischemia is associated with activation in brain areas involved in the stress response and autonomic regulation of the cardiovascular system.