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European Heart Journal 2004 25(11):994-995; doi:10.1016/j.ehj.2004.01.024
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Letter to the Editor

Probable need for psychiatric treatment is not the same as depression

Nancy Frasure-Smith*, François Lespérance, Robert M Carney and Kenneth E Freedland

Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Que., Canada
Department of Psychiatry, University of Montreal, Montreal, Que., Canada
Director, Behavioral Medicine Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MI, USA
Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MI, USA

* Corresponding author. Present address: Montreal Heart Institute, Research Centre, 5000 Belanger, Montreal, Que. H1T 1C8, Canada. Tel.: +1-514-376-3330x3024; Fax: +1-514-376-0979
E-mail address: nancy.frasure-smith@mcgill.ca

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The title of the article by Stewart et al.1, in the November 2003 issue, implies that depression was assessed. However, the authors used the 30-item General Health Questionnaire with a cut-point >=5 to identify those with "depressive symptoms," who are elsewhere in the manuscript referred to as the "depressed". . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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