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By Julie Steenhuysen
CHICAGO (Reuters) - While depression often follows a heart attack, a recent call for heart specialists to do routine depression screening may have been premature, a team of researchers said on Monday.
Their detailed analysis of more than 17 studies suggests the American Heart Association's recommendation for early and repeated screenings for depression in heart attack survivors would be burdensome and may not provide enough benefit to patients to justify the trouble.
They said there is little proof that depressed heart patients live longer or fare better over the long term if they are screened for depression and treated with drugs and talk therapy.
Full Story: Depressed? Your cardiologist might not ask | Health | Reuters
CHICAGO (Reuters) - While depression often follows a heart attack, a recent call for heart specialists to do routine depression screening may have been premature, a team of researchers said on Monday.
Their detailed analysis of more than 17 studies suggests the American Heart Association's recommendation for early and repeated screenings for depression in heart attack survivors would be burdensome and may not provide enough benefit to patients to justify the trouble.
They said there is little proof that depressed heart patients live longer or fare better over the long term if they are screened for depression and treated with drugs and talk therapy.
Full Story: Depressed? Your cardiologist might not ask | Health | Reuters