In a new study it has been found that veterans with specific mental health disorders like depression psychosis and bipolar disorder are at an elevated risk of heart attack stroke and death from cardiovascular diseases. The link between mental illness and cardiovascular disease is well established. However there has been little research and data on which mental health conditions pose the highest risk for cardiovascular disease. The findings of this new study were published in the Journal 'Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes'. Researchers assessed veterans at risk for major heart disease and stroke events and death associated with depression anxiety PTSD psychosis and bipolar