Depression and multimorbidity: Considering temporal characteristics of the associations between depression and multiple chronic diseases.
Jeffrey L BirkIan M KronishNathalie MoiseLouise FalzonSunmoo YoonKarina W DavidsonPublished in: Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association (2019)
Depression is central in patterns of multimorbidity and is associated with incident disease for several of the most common chronic diseases, justifying the focus on screening and treatment of depression in those at risk for developing chronic disease. Future research should investigate the mediating and moderating roles of health behaviors in the association between depression and the staggered emergence over time of clusters of multimorbid chronic diseases. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).