National Guideline Clearinghouse | AAFP guideline for the detection and management of post-myocardial infarction depression.

Guideline Title
AAFP guideline for the detection and management of post-myocardial infarction depression.

Bibliographic Source(s)
Post-Myocardial Infarction Depression Clinical Practice Guideline Panel. AAFP guideline for the detection and management of post-myocardial infarction depression. Ann Fam Med 2009 Jan-Feb;7(1):71-9. [85 references] PubMed

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This is the current release of the guideline.

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National Guideline Clearinghouse | AAFP guideline for the detection and management of post-myocardial infarction depression.



AAFP Guideline for the Detection and Management of Post–Myocardial Infarction Depression


Post–Myocardial Infarction Depression Clinical Practice Guideline
PanelMembers of the Post Myocardial Infarction Depression Clinical Practice Guideline Panel are Lee A. Green, MD, MPH, Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan; W. Perry Dickinson, MD, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado; Donald E. Nease, Jr, MD, Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Kenneth G. Schellhase, MD, MPH, Department of Family & Community Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA, American Academy of Family Physicians, Leawood, Kansas; Bellinda K. Schoof, MHA, CPHQ, American Academy of Family Physicians, Leawood, Kansas; Michelle Jeffcott-Pera, MA, American Academy of Family Physicians, Leawood, Kansas

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Lee A. Green, MD, MPH, Department of Family Medicine, Campus Box 0708, University of Michigan, 1018 Fuller, Ann Arbor, MI 48190, greenla@umich.edu
Received November 27, 2007; Revised July 2, 2008; Accepted July 14, 2008.


The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Commission on Science convened a panel to review the evidence on the effect of depression on persons after myocardial infarction. The evidence report on this topic was published in May 2005 by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and is used as the basis for this review.1 The AAFP Post–Myocardial Infarction Depression Clinical Practice Guideline Panel (Post-MI Guideline Panel) was charged with examining the evidence and developing an evidence-based clinical practice guideline for the detection and management of persons with postmyocardial infarction (post-MI) depression.The following recommendations are provided only as assistance for physicians making clinical decisions regarding the care of their patients. As such, they cannot substitute for the individual judgment brought to each clinical situation by the patient’s family physician. As with all clinical reference resources, they reflect the best understanding of the science of medicine at the time of publication, but they should be used with the clear understanding that continued research may result in new knowledge and recommendations.

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AAFP Guideline for the Detection and Management of Post–Myocardial Infarction Depression
AAFP Guideline for the Detection and Management of Post–Myocardial Infarction Depression