A mental disorder or psychological condition believed to be caused by or related to heart disease or cardiac dysfunction.
From Greek 'kardia' (heart) + 'phrenia' (mind, mental disorder). This archaic term reflects older psychiatric beliefs about heart-mind connections.
Medieval and Renaissance doctors believed the heart was the seat of emotions and thought—terms like cardiophrenia reflect this ancient idea that has a grain of truth since the vagus nerve does connect heart and brain.
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