Anxiety and depression: Easing the burden in COPD patients.
Anxiety and depression are common comorbidities of COPD. The simple evaluation tools and therapy options described here can help improve patients' quality of life.
Department of Family Medicine, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NB, USA. Email: sydneymarsh@creighton.edu.
Sydney
S
Marsh
Department of Family Medicine, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NB, USA.
Thomas P
TP
Guck
D000368:Aged; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001007:Anxiety / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology*; D003863:Depression / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology*; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000928:Antidepressive Agents