Researchers from our team including Oskar Flygare, John Wallert, Julia Boberg, and Christian Rück, along with other contributors, carried out a significant Nationwide Registry study.
They explored two key questions: Do depression and anxiety affect the risk of reinfarction and mortality after a myocardial infarction (MI)? And does the severity of these psychiatric symptoms have an impact on this risk?
What did they find?
Both a previous diagnosis and present self-reported symptoms of anxiety or depression are associated with an increased risk of death and recurrent cardiovascular events in adults with first-time MI.
This highlights the importance of assessing both psychiatric history and self-reported symptoms for these patients.
Rücklab - Psychiatry research at Karolinska Institutet 