WEBINAR TO BE HELD AT 5PM (GMT) ON Wednesday 14th JANUARY 2026
SUBJECT: The complex but critical links between Cardiovascular Disease and Mental Health
SPEAKERS:
- Professor Albert Ferro
- Dr David Goldsmith
- Dr Antonis Kousoulis
ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS CME APPROVAL GRANTED FOR 1 HOUR
REFERENCE CPD153576
PLEASE PRE-REGISTER USING THE FOLLOWING URL/WEBSITE TO ALLOW YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SESSION
https://live.zoho.eu/cghh-mwj-psh
Planned Content and Discussion Points:
A series of three lectures and discussion about the complex inter-dependencies between cardiovascular (CV) health, and diseases, and the mental health status of CV patients. It is well known that CV diseases are highly prevalent, and responsible for much chronic morbidity, and excess mortality. Equally, especially in the pandemic and the aftermath, the impact on personal mental health of general lifestyle stresses, and, from having physical illness or disability, is a major concern to patients, carers and medical/allied healthcare practitioners. Understanding how mental health challenges can impact on the CV system - for example, by chronic stress, anxiety, raised blood pressure, smoking, alcohol, recreational and therapeutic drugs - is a key factor in identifying current risks and introducing mitigation strategies. Chronic CV disease itself can impact negatively on mental health. There is a risk of a vicious feedback loop between these different conditions, often catered for by different non-linked healthcare teams. We want in this webinar to lay out the nature of these complex interdependencies, and to discuss best ways / practice to mitigate the negative impacts and outcomes.