General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 27, Issue 4 , Pages 275-284 , July 2005

Using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale to screen for depression in cardiac patients

  • Kara Zivin Bambauer, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    • ,
  • Steven E. Locke, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    • ,
  • Onesky Aupont, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    • ,
  • Mariquita G. Mullan, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    • ,
  • Thomas J. McLaughlin, Sc.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 617 509 9961; fax: +1 617 859 8112.

Received 8 November 2004 ,Accepted 7 March 2005.

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☆ This work was supported by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (McLaughlin T. Effectiveness of Telephone Counseling in Managing Depression Associated with Chronic Medical Illness: grant 038765, 2001) and National Institute of Mental Health (McLaughlin T. Mental Health Services Research Program in Managed Care (RISP): MH-56217-05, 1997; Bambauer KZ. Relationship Between Depression and Diabetes Self-Care: F31MH0608041-01, 2002).

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doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2005.03.002

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 27, Issue 4 , Pages 275-284 , July 2005

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