The study supersedes previous research. Even after accounting for socioeconomic status and gender, the risk was greatest for those diagnosed with bouts of depression completely attributing the mental condition that than socioeconomic status as a factor for the leading medical killer of Americans.
Kristina Sundquist, MD, PhD, says, "The present study showed that young to middle aged people hospitalized for depression had a high risk of developing CHD. Primary healthcare teams meet patients with depression, and it is important that they treat depression as an additional individual and independent CHD risk factor."
Sundquist continues, "Patients with clinical depression should be given not only short-term treatment, but also maintenance therapy to prevent relapses and recurrences of depression."
