Overprotection during childhood leads to heart-focused anxiety in adults with congenital heart disease: Study

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Overprotection during childhood leads to heart-focused anxiety in adults with congenital heart disease: Study

Adults with congenital heart disease are more likely to suffer heart-focused anxiety - a fear of heart-related symptoms and sensations - if their parents were overprotective during their childhood and adolescence. Dr. Lephuong Ong from Orion Health Services in Vancouver, and colleagues from University Health Network and York University in Toronto, Canada, suggest that health care professionals could encourage greater independence for adolescents and adults with congenital heart disease to improv

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Tags: Heart, Heart Disease, Coronary Artery Disease, Congenital Heart Defect, Anxiety Disorder, Anxiety, Children's Health, disease