Significant cognitive decline, increased depressive symptoms, and reduced self-care reported among those with heart failure

16.9 percent of the association was mediated by psychological distress; 3.0 and 3.1 percent mediated by social isolation, neuroticism

Patients receiving mental health treatment less likely to be rehospitalized, have ED visit, die from any cause

Both behavioral activation psychotherapy and antidepressant medication management reduce depressive symptoms by about 50 percent

Loneliness still increases risk even if individual is not socially isolated

Social frailty linked to composite of all-cause death, cardiovascular events among elderly hospitalized heart failure patients

MethHF linked to significant morbidity, including worse heart failure symptoms compared with non-methamphetamine-related heart failure

Genetic correlations between schizophrenia and CVD close to zero, but schizophrenia liability may increase heart failure risk

Majority of cases (88.3 percent) seen in women, especially those aged 50 years or older; incidence higher in middle-aged men than younger men

Collaborative blended care model provides extra emotional and educational support to improve mental health-related quality of life