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In an occasional column, Journal Watch Psychiatry editors briefly comment on review articles. These annotations were written by Barbara Geller, MD, Peter Roy-Byrne, MD, and Joel Yager, MD.
Nonresponsive depression after acute coronary syndrome. The authors review data from several major studies concerning the treatment of depression associated with acute coronary syndrome (ACS).1 Unsuccessful treatment of depression after ACS might constitute a marker of particularly elevated risks for mortality and morbidity. In most of the studies, first depressive episodes and those beginning after the cardiac event more strongly predict morbidity and poor survival than recurrent episodes or those preceding ACS onset. Clinicians should follow the cardiac …