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A topographical map of the causal network of mechanisms underlying the relationship between major depressive disorder and coronary heart disease.
The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry - 1 May 2011
Stapelberg Nicolas J C, Neumann David L, Shum David H K, McConnell Harry, Hamilton-Craig Ian
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OBJECTIVE: Major depressive disorder (MDD) and coronary heart disease (CHD) are both clinically important public health problems. Depression is linked with a higher incidence of ischaemic cardiac events and MDD is more prevalent in patients with CHD. No single comprehensive model has yet described the causal mechanisms linking MDD to CHD. Several key mechanisms have been put forward, comprising behavioural...
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