Nancy Frasure-Smith, McGill University
Professor Emeritus Psychiatry Montreal, Quebec nancy.frasure-smith@mcgill.ca
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Dr. Frasure-Smith and her colleague Dr.François Lespérance are known internationally for their work bringing depression to the forefront of research in behavioral cardiology. They are examining the importance of depression and other psychological and social factors in the development and prognosi...
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Dr. Frasure-Smith and her colleague Dr.François Lespérance are known internationally for their work bringing depression to the forefront of research in behavioral cardiology. They are examining the importance of depression and other psychological and social factors in the development and prognosis of cardiovascular disease, studying the physiological and behavioral links between depression and cardiovascular disease, and developing and evaluating interventions to change the impact of the depression and other psychological factors in cardiac patients. They recently carried out a multi-site, randomized trial of Interpersonal Psychotherapy and Citalopram in patients with stable coronary artery disease that was funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and have just finished conducting a trial of omega-3 fatty acid for depression.
Dr. Frasure-Smith is also a consultant on a South African study of genetic and environmental factors in hypertension and on an NHLBI (US) pilot study of depression treatment for cardiac patients. Recent publications have appeared in the Archives of General Psychiatry, JAMA, American Journal of Psychiatry, and Biological Psychiatry.
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Dr. Frasure-Smith is also a consultant on a South African study of genetic and environmental factors in hypertension and on an NHLBI (US) pilot study of depression treatment for cardiac patients. Recent publications have appeared in the Archives of General Psychiatry, JAMA, American Journal of Psychiatry, and Biological Psychiatry.
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