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Robert M. Carney, PhD

Specialty Areas
Depression

Areas of Clinical Interest
Certified cognitive therapist, depression in cardiac patients, smoking cessation, behavioral cardiovascular disease prevention







CURRENTLY SEEING RESEARCH PATIENTS ONLY

This physician is not able to accept new patients at this time.

Honors and Awards

Fellow, Academy of Cognitive Therapy
Fellow, Society of Behavioral Medicine
Fellow, Academy of Behavioral Medicine
Visiting Scholar, American Psychosomatic Society


Select Publications

Carney RM, Freedland KE, et al. Depression and five year survival following acute myocardial infarction: A prospective study. Journal of Affective Disorders. (In press).

Freedland KE, Carney RM. Depression and Medical Illness. In: Hammen C, Gotlieb I (eds.) Handbook of Depression, 2nd Edition. New York: The Guilford Press, 2008.

Carney RM, Freedland KE. Depression and coronary heart disease: More pieces of the puzzle (Editorial). American Journal of Psychiatry. 2007;164(9):1307-1309.

Carney RM, Freedland KE. Does treating depression improve survival after acute coronary syndrome?: Invited commentary on: Effects of antidepressant treatment following myocardial infarction. British Journal of Psychiatry. 2007;190:467-468.

Carney RM, Howells WB, et al. Heart rate turbulence, depression, and survival after acute myocardial infarction. Psychosomatic Medicine. 2007;69:4-9.

Friedewald VE, Arnold LW, Carney RM, et al. The Editor's Roundtable: Major depression in patients with coronary heart disease. American Journal of Cardiology. 2007;99(4):519-529.

Carney RM, Freedland KE, Stein PK, Miller GE, Steinmeyer B, Rich MW, Duntley SP. Heart rate variability and markers of inflammation and coagulation in depressed patients with coronary heart disease. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 2007;62:463-467.

Carney RM, Freedland KE. The management of depression in patients with coronary heart disease. In: Steptoe A (ed.) Depression and Physical Illness. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Carney RM, Howells WB, Freedland KE, Duntley SP, Stein PK, Rich MW, Miller GE. Depression and obstructive sleep apnea in patients with coronary heart disease. Psychosomatic Medicine. 2006;68:443-448.

Skala JA, Freedland KE, Carney RM: Coronary heart disease and depression: A review of recent mechanistic research. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. 2006;51:738-745.

Davidson KW, Kupfer DJ, Bigger JT, Califf RM, Carney RM, et al., Assessment and treatment of depression in patients with cardiovascular disease: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute working group report. Annuals of Behavioral Medicine. 2006; 32:121-126, and Psychosomatic Medicine. 2006; 68:645-650.

Miller GE, Freedland KE, Duntley S, Carney RM. Relation of depressive symptoms to C-reactive protein and pathogen burden (cytomegalovirus, herpes simplex virus, Epstein-Barr virus) in patients with earlier acute coronary syndromes. American Journal of Cardiology. 2005;95:317-321.

Miller GE, Freedland KE, Carney RM. Depressive symptoms and the regulation of pro-inflammatory cytokine expression in patients with coronary heart disease. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 2005;59:231-236.

Carney RM, Freedland KE, Veith RC. Depression, the autonomic nervous system, and coronary heart disease. Psychosomatic Medicine. 2005; 67:S29-S33.

Carney RM, Blumenthal JA, Freedland KE, Stein KF, Howells WB, Berkman LF, Watkins LL, Czajkowski SM, Hayano J, Domitrovich PP, Jaffe AS. Low heart rate variability and the effect of depression on post-myocardial infarction mortality. Archives of Internal Medicine. 2005; 165:1486-1491.

Taylor CB, Youngblood ME, Veith RC, Carney RM, et al. Effects of antidepressant medication on morbidity and mortality in depressed post-MI patients. Archives of General Psychiatry. 2005; 62:792-798.

Freedland KE, Carney RM, Lustman PJ. The impact of psychiatric disorders on medical illness. Rubin EH, Zorumski CF (eds.) Washington University Textbook of Adult Psychiatry, 2nd Edition, 2005.

Skala JA, Freedland KE, Carney RM. Heart Disease. Volume #2 in the series, Advances in Psychotherapy: Evidence-Based Practice. Cambridge, MA: Hogrefe, 2005.

Carney RM, Freedland KE. Depression following myocardial infarction (Editorial). General Hospital Psychiatry. 2005;27:381-382.

Freedland KE, Carney RM, Skala JA. Depression and smoking in coronary heart disease. Psychosomatic Medicine. 2004; 66:S42-S46.


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Robert M. Carney, PhD