Abstract In this review, we summarise the most relevant studies in a PubMed Search term “mental disorders and rheumatic disease” last 15 years. Mental such as depression anxiety are common people with diseases. Treating these comorbidities can improve patientʼs quality of life. The high prevalence symptoms psychiatric is challenge for rheumatologists, especially regard to differentiation possib...

Rheumatic heart disease poses a major challenge to public health and is the most prevalent heart disease in children. The major determinants of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease are poverty, malnutrition, overcrowding, poor housing, and a shortage of health-care resources. Although cost-effective strategies for the prevention and control of these diseases are available, they remain un...