Depression Medicine
CBT improves post-CABG depression in women.(Psychosomatic Medicine)Jancin, Bruce NEW ORLEANS -- Cognitive-behavioral therapy reduced depressive symptoms and enhanced immune function in a small pilot study of women with depression following coronary artery bypass graft surgery, Lynn V. Doering D.N.Sc., reported at the annual scientific sessions of the American Heart Association.
Women who received a course of cognative-behavioral therapy (CBT) also experienced significantly fewer colds and other minor infectious illness episodes during 6 months of follow-up than did depressed controls who got usual care, said Dr. Doering, chair of the acute care section in ...
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