Depression is commonly present in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) and independently associated increased cardiovascular morbidity mortality. Screening tests for depressive symptoms should be applied to identify who may require further assessment treatment. This multispecialty consensus document reviews the evidence linking depression CHD provides recommendations healthcare providers assessment, referral, treatment of depression.

Objective. To assess whether dieting to control weight was associated with change among children and adolescents. Methods. A prospective study conducted of 8203 girls 6769 boys who were 9 14 years age in 1996, an ongoing cohort study, completed at least 2 annual questionnaires between 1996 1999. Dieting weight, binge eating, dietary intake assessed annually from through 1998 instruments designed specifically for The outcome measure age- sex-specific z score body mass index (BMI). Results. In...

Objective. To assess prospectively the influence of peers, parents, and media on development weight concerns frequent dieting. Design. Prospective cohort study. Setting. Questionnaires mailed annually to participants throughout United States. Participants. One-year follow-up 6770 girls 5287 boys who completed questionnaires in 1996 1997 were between 9 14 years age 1996. Main Outcome Measure. Onset high levels concern with dieting frequently control weight. Results. During 1 year follow-up,...

This study examined data from a 4-year school-based longitudinal (n = 1,124), to test whether the increase in major depression that occurs among girls during adolescence may be partially explained by body-image and eating disturbances emerge after puberty. Elevated body dissatisfaction, dietary restraint, bulimic symptoms at entry predicted onset of subsequent initially nondepressed youth bivariate analyses controlling for initial depressive symptoms. Although unique effect dissatisfaction...

Community-based prospective studies are needed to shed light on mechanisms that may influence development of eating disorders and identify variables could serve as potential targets for prevention efforts. In this paper we examine level weight preoccupation other prospectively associated with age onset disorder symptoms over a 3-year interval in community sample (N = 939) young adolescent girls. 3.6% (32/887) experienced the interval. Only one factor, measure Weight Concerns, was...

The authors examined factors prospectively associated with age of onset partial syndrome eating disorders over a 4-year interval in community sample (N = 877) high school-age adolescent girls. Four percent developed disorder the interval. A measure weight concerns was significantly multivariate Cox proportional hazard analysis (p < .001). Girls scoring highest quartile on had incidence (10%) onset, whereas none girls lowest symptoms. This finding is consistent both theoretical and clinical...

<h3>Background</h3> Depression after myocardial infarction (MI) is associated with higher morbidity and mortality. Although antidepressants are effective in reducing depression, their use patients cardiovascular disease remains controversial. <h3>Objective</h3> To undertake a secondary analysis to determine the effects of using on mortality post-MI who participated Enhancing Recovery Coronary Heart Disease study. <h3>Design</h3> Observational analysis. <h3>Setting</h3> Eight academic sites....

Abstract BACKGROUND Women with breast carcinoma commonly experience psychologic distress following their diagnosis. who participate in cancer support groups have reported significant reduction and pain improvement the quality of lives. Web‐based social are widely used, but little is known effectiveness. Preliminary evidence suggests that women benefit from participation web‐based groups. METHODS Seventy‐two primary were assigned randomly to a 12‐week, web‐based, group ( Bosom Buddies ). The...

This study examined the prospective relations of naturalistic weight-reduction efforts to growth in relative weight and onset obesity with data from a community female adolescents (N = 692). Initial self-labeled dieting, appetite suppressant/laxative use, incidental exercise, vomiting for weight-control purposes, binge eating predicted elevated over 4-year period. Dietary restraint, exercise use an increased risk onset. Data imply that reported by are more likely result gain than loss...

Study Objective: To determine the effect of a nurse-managed intervention for smoking cessation in patients who have had myocardial infarction. Design: Randomized, with 6-month treatment period and follow-up. Setting: Kaiser Foundation hospitals Redwood City, Santa Clara, Hayward, San Jose, California. Patients: Sequential sample 173 patients, 70 years age or younger, were before hospitalization acute Eighty-six randomly assigned to 87 usual care; 130 (75%) completed study available...

The Stanford Five-City Project is a large experimental field study of community health education for the prevention cardiovascular disease. It will provide data on fundamental questions in disease epidemiology, communication, education, behavior change, and organization, also test ability potentially cost-effective program to prevent at level. This paper describes purposes, hypotheses, design, methods as reference future papers describing results. hypothesized that 20% decrease risk lead...

To examine the relationships between hours of television viewing and adiposity physical activity among female adolescents, a cohort study with follow-up assessments 7, 14, 24 months after baseline was conducted. All sixth- seventh-grade girls (N = 971) attending four northern California middle schools were eligible to participate. Six hundred seventy-one students had sufficient data for cross-sectional analyses, 279 in no-intervention longitudinal analyses. The sample mean age 12.4 years 43%...

<h3>Context</h3> Eating disorders, an important health problem among college-age women, may be preventable, given that modifiable risk factors for eating disorders have been identified and interventions evaluated to reduce these factors. <h3>Objective</h3> To determine if Internet-based psychosocial intervention can prevent the onset of (EDs) in young women at developing EDs. <h3>Setting</h3> San Diego Francisco Bay Area California. <h3>Participants</h3> College-age with high weight shape...

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is highly prevalent in the population, but relatively few affected individuals receive treatment for it. Smartphone applications (apps) could help address this unmet need by offering sound psychoeducational information and evidence-based cognitive behavioral coping tools. We conducted a randomized controlled trial to assess efficacy of free, publicly available smartphone app (PTSD Coach) self-management PTSD symptoms.One hundred 20 participants who were...

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a major public health concern. Although effective treatments exist, affected individuals face many barriers to receiving traditional care. Smartphones are carried by nearly 2 thirds of the U.S. population, offering promising new option overcome these delivering self-help interventions through applications (apps). As there limited research on apps for trauma survivors with PTSD symptoms, we conducted pilot feasibility, acceptability, and potential...