What does the heart have to do with mental health? The organ’s significance may be much more than symbolic. Here’s why.
, obesity, diabetes, and hypertension are responsible for escalating morbidity and mortality in schizophrenic patients., anger, and anxiety can disrupt cardiac function by changing the heart’s electrical system, hastening atherosclerosis, and increasing systemic inflammation. “But negative emotions are only one-half of the equation,” says Laura Kubzansky, Harvard School of Public Health.
In a 2007 study, Kubzansky followed more than 6,000 men and women aged 25 to 74 for 20 years. The protective effect of emotional vitality was distinct and measurable, even when taking into account such wholesome behaviors as not smoking and regular exercise.
W. G., Hock, D., ... & Mutt, V. et al., . The right auricle of the heart is an endocrine organ. Anatomy and embryology, 168, 307-313 aCantin M. and Genest J. , The heart as an endocrine gland, Clinical and Investigative Medicine; 9: 319-327. Kubzansky, L. D., & Thurston, R. C. . Emotional vitality and incident coronary heart disease: benefits of healthy psychological functioning. Archives of general psychiatry, 64, 1393-1401
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