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SUBMITTER: Alexopoulos GS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3585422 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Alexopoulos George S GS Kiosses Dimitris N DN Sirey Jo Anne JA Kanellopoulos Dora D Novitch Richard S RS Ghosh Samiran S Seirup Joanna K JK Raue Patrick J PJ
The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science 20130207 3
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is often complicated by depression and exemplifies the challenge in managing chronic illnesses that require active patient participation in care. In a clinical trial (NCT00151372), we compared a novel personalised intervention for depression and COPD (PID-C) targeting treatment adherence with treatment as usual (TAU). In 138 patients with major depression and severe COPD, PID-C led to a higher remission rate and a greater reduction in depressive sympt ...[more]