Screening, referral and treatment for depression in patients with coronary heart disease: A consensus statement from the national heart foundation of Australia

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 198, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1-7

  Colquhoun, David M ^a   Bunker, Stephen J ^b   Clarke, David M ^c   Glozier, Nick ^d   Hare, David L ^e   Hickie, Ian B ^f   Tatoulis, James ^f   Thompson, David R ^g   Tofler, Geoffrey H ^d   Wilson, Alison ^f   Branagan, Maree G ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Greater Green Triangle University Department of Rural Health   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f NATIONAL HEART FOUNDATION OF AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^g AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CITALOPRAM; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FLUOXETINE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; MIRTAZAPINE; PLACEBO; PRAVASTATIN; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SERTRALINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AEROBIC EXERCISE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIAC DEPRESSION SCALE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONSENSUS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DSM-IV; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEART INFARCTION; HEART REHABILITATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KESSLER PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS SCALE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEDICAL EXPERT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 2; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; STRESS;

EID: 84940233059     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja13.10153     Document Type: Article

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