This article reviews the management of depression in three medical conditions associated with a high frequency of depression: coronary artery disease (CAD), cancer, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Major depression significantly increases mortality in patients with CAD. This effect
Depression in the medically Ill: Diagnostic and therapeutic implications
β Scribed by Meera Narasimhan; Jeffrey D. Raynor; Ashley Blackmon Jones
- Book ID
- 107552007
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 262 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1523-3812
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