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Depression Is a Risk Factor for Mortality After Myocardial Infarction

Fact or Artifact?

Chris Dickens, PhD^_*,_*, Linda McGowan, PhD^_*, Carol Percival, PhD^_*, Barbara Tomenson, MSc^_*, Lawrence Cotter, MD, Anthony Heagerty, MD and Francis Creed, MD^_*

^_* Psychological Medicine Research Group, Department of Psychiatry, Manchester University
Department of Cardiology, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, England

View larger version (17K): [in this window] [in a new window] [Download PPT slide]   Figure 1 Survival Functions Survival curves for depressed and nondepressed patients (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale [HADS] total score 17 in the week before myocardial infarction). Cum = cumulative.