Comps - Health psych

_____ and ______ are the 1st and 2nd cause of disease burden

CHD and depression

depression ______ risk of CHD

increases

pts w/ depression and CHD have an increase risk of

morbidity and motality

type A CHD risk

anger and hostility increased risk for CHD events

Abnormal platelet activation associated with MDD is a plausible mechanism which

depression exerts negative effects on the vascular system and increases cardiac events

SSRIs might protect against

thrombotic effects

type d

negative affect and social inhibition increased risk for CHD and cardiac events

Young women may be at high risk for _______ following Acute myocardial infarction.

depression

depression is associated with decreased adherence to _____ and 3x the risk of _____

medicine and noncompliance for treatment regimen

_____ of cardiovascular physicians report they they treat depression in their patients

50%

which 2 SSRIs are safe for CHD patients?

sertraline and citalopram

Patients with moderate to severe depression may respond better to

combination of antidepressants and psychotherapy

what percent of myocardial patients meet MDD criteria?

15-20%

Diagnostic Predictive factors for suicide

depression, substance abuse, ptsd, anxiety disorders

Opioid, _________ use , and _____ disorders are protective factors for suicidality

sedative, sleep

Suicide is the ____ leading cause of death in the US

10th

Characteristics of those who were significantly more likely to endorse suicidal ideation

comorbidities, younger age, single, AA/Black, stress disorders

Preventative suicide services what to increase

proportion of MDD patients receiving treatment and depression screenings in primary care

Preventative suicide services what to decrease

suicide rate and proportions of persons with MDD

Collaborative care intervention significantly decrease

overall depression symptoms in patients compared to usual depression care

What is collaborative care?

a multicomponent health care system intervention that uses case managers to link primary care providers, patients, and mental health professional.

What model led to the collaborative care model?

Chronic Care Model

Patients with depression and CHD failed to show that

effective treatment of depression improves cardiac outcome

systematic studies of comorbid depression and CHD are recent phenomena and lack

uniform methodology and uniform depression definition

The use of single self-report questionnaires limitations

no observational measures and are only screeners not diagnostic instruments