The Ibercaja Foundation and the IIS Aragón address the relationship between mental health and heart health in a new session of the “Take Care of Yourself!” series.

The session will focus on the impact of stress, anxiety, and other psychological factors on cardiovascular health.

The Ibercaja Foundation and the Aragon Health Research Institute (IIS Aragon) are organizing a new day in the series “Promoting Cardiovascular Health: Take Care of Yourself!”This is an educational initiative focused on providing the public with useful and accurate information on various aspects of heart health. This session will be entitled “Breathe and regain your calm: managing stress and anxiety” and will address the connection between mental health and cardiovascular disease.

The activity will be held in Ibercaja Patio de la Infanta Foundation and will offer a specialized look at how stress, anxiety and other psychological factors can influence both the onset of cardiovascular problems and recovery after a cardiac event.

The first intervention, under the title “Psychocardiology as part of Psychosomatic Medicine”, will be the responsibility of Dr. Ricardo Campos RódenasThe head of the Adult Inpatient Unit at the Lozano Blesa University Clinical Hospital in Zaragoza, a member of the Board of the European Association of Psychosomatic Medicine, and a researcher at the Aragon Health Research Institute, will speak. During his presentation, he will explain the frequent association between psychiatric and cardiovascular symptoms, a relationship that can lead to clinical conditions that are mistaken for cardiac pathology or appear as a complication of it. He will also address the role of psychological factors as elements that can predispose individuals to the development of cardiovascular disorders, within an approach that is currently part of liaison and shared care programs with Primary Care and Cardiology teams.

The second talk “Stress and heart health: key mental health insights for prevention and recovery”It will be taught by the Dr. Ana Serrano FerrerA specialist physician in the Psychosomatic and Liaison Psychiatry Unit at the Lozano Blesa University Clinical Hospital in Zaragoza will present a talk analyzing stress as a significant risk factor for cardiovascular disease and as an element that can influence recovery after an acute event. The specialist will address its impact on heart health, as well as various prevention strategies and psychiatric intervention tools within cardiovascular rehabilitation, with the aim of improving quality of life and reducing the risk of future events.

The day will be moderated by Dr. Belén Moreno FrancoProfessor of Preventive Medicine and Public Health at the University of Zaragoza and researcher at the Aragon Health Research Institute and the Biomedical Research Network Center for Cardiovascular Diseases (CIBERCV).

Registrations are still open HERE