Background—Depression is independently associated with poor outcomes among patients
with acute cardiac disease. Collaborative care depression management programs have …

Context Patients with depression and poorly controlled diabetes mellitus, coronary heart
disease (CHD), or both have higher medical complication rates and higher health care …

Context Collaborative care interventions for depression in primary care settings are clinically
beneficial and cost-effective. Most prior studies were conducted in urban settings. Objective …

Background: Despite high rates of postcardiac surgery depression, studies of depression
treatment in this population have been limited. Objective: The aim of this study was to …

Objective: To determine if depression is independently associated with cardiac and all-
cause mortality 10 years after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. Although many …

The collaborative care management (CCM) model has been demonstrated to be
significantly more effective compared to usual care (UC) in depression management …

Background The collaborative care model (CCM) has been consistently shown to achieve
effectiveness in depression management compared to usual care. In the present study, we …

Objective Depression is highly comorbid with coronary artery disease. Clinicians face the
question of whether patients' depressive symptoms will improve after coronary artery bypass …

Results. Quality-of-Life Outcomes. The mean (SD) age of the study population was 60 (10.6)
years, and 53% were female, 49% were Hispanic, and 19% were African American. At the 6 …

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVES: Collaborative care is an effective approach for treating
posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression within the US Military Health System …