Talk therapy for depression may help lower heart disease risk

• Talk therapies play a significant role in the treatment of depression, but the benefits may extend past the treatment of mental illness.
• T​here is a relationship between depression and cardiovascular disease that researchers are still seeking to understand.
• A​ study found that people with depression who saw depression improvement after psychotherapy also had a reduced risk for cardiovascular disease.

Depression is one of the most common mental illnesses, and it can harm other areas of…