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Depression proves risky for ill hearts
Women who become depressed after surviving a heart attack exhibit the same increased likelihood of dying over the next year as their male counterparts.
References:
Frasure-Smith, N., et al. 1999. Gender, depression, and one-year prognosis after myocardial infarction. Psychosomatic Medicine 61(January/February):26.
Wulsin, L.R., G.E. Vaillant, and V.E. Wells. 1999. A systematic review of the mortality of depression. Psychosomatic Medicine 61(January/February):6.
Further Readings:
Bower, B. 1993. Heart-attack victims show fatal depression. Science News 144(Oct. 23):263.
Sources:
Nancy Frasure-Smith
Montreal Heart Institute
Research Center
5000 Belanger Street, East
Montreal, Quebec H1T 1C8
Canada
Lawson R. Wulsin
University of Cincinnati
Department of Psychiatry
231 Bethesda Avenue, ML 559
Cincinnati, OH 45267
From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 7, February 13, 1999, p. 102. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.
