A review of clinical research published in Harvard Review of Psychiatry found that depression and anxiety disorders remain underrecognized in patients with heart failure and may lead to adverse outcomes.

“Psychiatric illnesses are prevalent in patients with [heart failure], and prior work suggests that these disorders lead to negative health and cardiovascular outcomes in [heart failure] patients,” Christopher M. Celano, MD, from the department of psychiatry, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, and colleagues wrote. “Depression and anxiety disorders — including generalized anxiety disorder, [PTSD] and panic disorder — are the most common psychiatric conditions in these patients.”