Personality and widowhood increase the risk for incident depression in the two years following the first acute coronary syndrome
Aging and Mental Health May 05, 2019
Ossola P, et al. - Researchers examined how personality disorders impact the risk of incident depression in patients at their first acute coronary syndrome (ACS). They studied 262 never-depressed subjects who were consecutively admitted to the coronary intensive care unit for the first ACS. Depressive disorder was diagnosed among 21% of these subjects. Widowhood, having a distress reaction, and narcissistic personality traits were identified as risk factors at baseline for incident depression. The investigators recommended providing psychological support to prevent the onset of incident depression in these patients.
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