Objective Despite numerous improvements in care, morbidity from heart failure (HF) has
remained essentially unchanged in recent years. One potential reason is that depression …

Importance Depression is often comorbid in patients with heart failure (HF) and is associated
with worse clinical outcomes. However, depression generally goes unrecognized and …

Objective: To present the design of the Bypassing the Blues (BtB) study to examine the
impact of a collaborative care strategy for treating depression among patients with cardiac …

Aims Depression is common in heart failure (HF) and associated with adverse outcomes.
Randomized comparisons of the effectiveness of HF care strategies by patients' mood are …

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

Importance Many patients with chronic heart failure experience reduced health status
despite receiving conventional therapy. Objective To determine whether a symptom and …

Importance Heart failure (HF) affects more than 6 million adults in the US and more than 64
million adults worldwide, with 50% prevalence of depression. Patients and clinicians lack …

Importance Depression and anxiety are associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes in
patients with recent acute cardiac events. There has been minimal study of collaborative …

Objectives Heart Failure is a chronic syndrome affecting over 5.7 million in the US and 26
million adults worldwide with nearly 50% experiencing depressive symptoms. The objective …

Background: People with chronic heart failure (HF) suffer from numerous symptoms that
worsen quality of life. The CASA (Collaborative C are to A lleviate S ymptoms and A djust to …