Anxiety, Depression, and Pain: Considerations in the Treatment of Patients with Uncontrolled Hypertension.

Purpose Of Review: The association between mental health, pain, and treatment-resistant hypertension is an important consideration for treating physicians. We review and discuss the connection between conditions of anxiety, depression, and chronic pain and their effect on uncontrolled hypertension.

Recent Findings: There is significant co-occurrence of hypertension with anxiety, depression, and chronic pain which may lead to undertreatment of hypertension and undertreatment of the underlying mental health disorder.