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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: High blood pressure appears to cause neurotic behaviour | History Defined

The relationship between blood pressure and mental health isn't fully understood. Photo: Getty

We bang on from time to time about high blood pressure increasing your risk of stroke and heart attack. But can it make you a little nutty?

A new and complex study found that high diastolic blood pressure – the lower of the two numbers in a blood pressure reading – can cause neuroticism.

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