Depressed patients are less adherent to heart medications.(News)

From: Family Practice News | Date: April 1, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

VANCOUVER, B.C. -- Depressed patients with coronary artery disease are less likely to take prescribed medications than are those who are not depressed, Karina W. Davidson, Ph.D., and Mary Whooley, M.D., reported separately at the annual meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society.

Dr. Davidson, of Columbia University, New York, reported her findings from the Coronary Psychosocial Evaluation Study, funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Unlike previous adherence studies that have relied on patient self-reports, this one employed the Medication Event ...

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