Letter to the Editor: Bridging the visual and the visceral: Critical commentary on the scope and methodological limits of integrated psycho-ophthalmology

The intersection of ophthalmic disease and mental health represents a complex clinical nexus. Capobianco et al published a study in the recent issue of the World Journal of Clinical Cases , presented a descriptive case series of 18 patients, utilizing the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and Short Form Health Survey to identify a high prevalence of anxiety (50.0%) and impaired physical quality of life (66.7%). While their study demonstrates the feasibility of an integrated “psycho-ophthalmo