Women: Depression & Cardiac Disease




The Experts Speak - An Educational Service of the Florida Psychiatric Society show

Summary: Valerie Taylor MD, psychiatrist from McMaster University in Canada, speaks to the associations between depression and cardiovascular disease in women. Included are discussions of the metabolic syndrome, that adipose tissue becomes an endrocrine organ, the role of inflammation, gender bias, being overweight, etc., and how they can increase mortality and increase the risks of depression and cardiovascular problems.