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“Assessments conducted in the hospital indicate that 15% to 20% of patients with myocardial infarction (MI) meet Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders criteria for major depression.”

Depression and Coronary Heart Disease: Recommendations for screening, referral, and treatment: a science advisory from the American Heart Association Prevention Committee of the Council on Cardiovascular Nursing, Council on Clinical Cardiology, Council on Epidemiology and Prevention, and Interdisciplinary Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research: endorsed by the American Psychiatric Association. Circulation Web site. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18824640/. Published 2008

Reference

Title
Depression and Coronary Heart Disease: Recommendations for screening, referral, and treatment: a science advisory from the American Heart Association Prevention Committee of the Council on Cardiovascular Nursing, Council on Clinical Cardiology, Council on Epidemiology and Prevention, and Interdisciplinary Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research: endorsed by the American Psychiatric Association
Publication
Circulation
Publisher
American Heart Association
Publication Date
Published 2008
Authors
Lichtman J, Bigger J, Blumenthal J, Frasure-Smith N, et al.
Volume & Issue
Volume 118, Issue 17
URL
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Categories

  • Cost of Disease
  • Human Burden

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