Mental health and heart health are closely intertwined.
Cardiac psychiatrists share the key behavioral and biological links between the two.
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Being logical is known as using your head, while making an emotions-based decision is following your heart.
But, according to science, the head and heart may not be operating quite so independently after all.
For the folks who fall into that camp, outcomes are often worse, too.
associate director of the Cardiac Psychiatry Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital and assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School
Data shows that people with mental health disorders aremore likely to smokeanddrinktwo practices with negative impacts on the heart.
That said, certain physiological pathways are likely involved in one way or another.
Without healthy blood flow, the heart cant do its job as effectively.
Were seeing that its not just thelackof depression that tends to have protective heart benefits, says Dr. Celano.
Its also likely that theres a supportive neuroendocrine link between having a positive outlook and maintaining a healthy ticker.
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associate director of the Cardiac Psychiatry Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital and assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School
