François Lespérance
Biographic Data
| ID | 6678670 |
|---|---|
| NAME | François Lespérance |
| GIVEN NAMES | François |
| FAMILY NAME | Lespérance |
| SIGNATURE | LESPÉRANCE F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Montreal Heart Institute |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 21 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
La revue Santé mentale au Québec
The Revue Santé mentale au Québec (RSMQ) purpose is to contribute to the mental health knowledge dissemination and acquisition by adding much-needed cultural diversity to a scientific world community dominated by English-speaking journals. The RSMQ leadership wish to expand its societal impact and scientific outreach by working with its institutional partners to attract researchers and clinical practitioners across the world wishing to share thei…
Prévost, le Département universitaire de psychiatrie et d’addictologie et l’evidence-based medicine
L’art de se réinventer
Spiritual reconfigurations of self after a myocardial infarction
Design and Rationale for a Randomized, Controlled Trial of Interpersonal Psychotherapy and Citalopram for Depression in Coronary Artery Disease (CREATE)
Objective: Recognition that depression is associated with increased morbidity and mortality in coronary artery disease (CAD) patients has augmented the need for evidence-based treatment guidelines. This article presents the design of a multisite, Canadian trial of the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT), an empirically supported, depression-focused therapy, and the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor citalop…
Common Genetic Vulnerability to Depressive Symptoms and Coronary Artery Disease
Objective: Although it is well established that depressive symptoms are associated with recurrent cardiac events among cardiac patients and novel cardiac events among participants with no known coronary artery disease (CAD), the nature of this association remains unclear. In this regard, little attention has been paid to the possibility that common genetic vulnerability contributes to both depressive symptoms and CAD. In this paper, we review the…
Assessment and Treatment of Depression in Patients With Cardiovascular Disease
Objective: The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute convened an interdisciplinary working group of experts to develop recommendations for the assessment and treatment of depression in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD). Method: Consensus of experts. Results: Our current recommendations are that the Beck Depression Inventory-I be employed for epidemiological studies of depression and CHD, that the Patient Health Questionnaire 2-item v…
Reflections on Depression as a Cardiac Risk Factor
OBJECTIVE: Major North American cardiology organizations do not currently list depression among the officially recognized cardiac risk factors, yet many behavioral medicine specialists believe depression to be an important risk. We wondered what was missing from the available data. METHODS: The Medline, Current Contents, and PsychInfo databases were used to perform a systematic review of the literature linking depression and depressive symptoms w…
Psychological Theories of Depression
OBJECTIVE: The natural course of elevated depressive symptoms or subthreshold depression in patients with an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is presented, as is the prognostic impact. Safe and effective psychological treatment options are desirable for subthreshold depression in patients with ACS, should they prove tolerable, efficacious, and cost-effective to cardiologists and their patients. To achieve this long-term goal, we propose focusing on …
Five-Year Risk of Cardiac Mortality in Relation to Initial Severity and One-Year Changes in Depression Symptoms After Myocardial Infarction
Background — Although previous research demonstrated an independent link between depression symptoms and cardiac mortality after myocardial infarction (MI), depression was assessed only once, and a dose-response relationship was not evaluated. Methods and Results — We administered the Beck Depression Inventory to 896 post-MI patients during admission and at 1 year. Five-year survival was ascertained using Medicare data. We observed a significant …
Long-Term Survival Differences Among Low-Anxious, High-Anxious and Repressive Copers Enrolled in the Montreal Heart Attack Readjustment Trial
Objective This study reports 5-year outcomes from the Montreal Heart Attack Readjustment Trial, a randomized, controlled trial of monthly telephone monitoring of psychological distress and home nursing visits in a sample of 1376 patients. It focuses on differences in long-term program impact associated with patients’ sex and baseline anxiety/repressor coping styles. The potential mediating roles of medications, medical care utilization, and chang…
Clinical Implications of a Reduction in Psychological Distress on Cardiac Prognosis in Patients Participating in a Psychosocial Intervention Program
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this secondary analysis was to examine the relationships between a reduction in psychological distress and long-term cardiac and psychological outcomes in post-myocardial infarction patients who participated in a randomized trial of home-based psychosocial nursing interventions (the Montreal Heart Attack Readjustment Trial [M-HART]). Gender differences were considered. METHODS: We studied 433 patients (36.0% women) fro…
Impact of Improving Psychological Distress in Post-Mi Patients
Major and Minor Depression Following Mi
The Seduction of Death
University of Montreal and Montreal Heart Institute (Lesperance). McGill University and Montreal Heart Institute (Frasure-Smith)
High Perceived Social Support Reduces the Prognostic Impact of Depression Following Mi
Gender, Depression, and One-Year Prognosis After Myocardial Infarction
Depression in hospital after MI is a significant predictor of 1-year cardiac mortality for women as well as for men, and its impact is largely independent of other post-MI risks
Depression and 1-Year Prognosis in Unstable Angina
Depression and Anxiety Increase Physician Costs During the First Post-Mi Year
Major Depression Before and After Myocardial Infarction
The prevalence and prognostic impact of previous depression, depression in the hospital, and depression after discharge were studied in 222 patients admitted for acute myocardial infarction (MI). Patients were interviewed 1 week, 6 months, and 12 months after the index MI using a modified version of the Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS); patients also completed the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Patients or family members were recontacted at …
Depression and 18-Month Prognosis After Myocardial Infarction
Background We previously reported that major depression in patients in the hospital after a myocardial infarction (MI) substantially increases the risk of mortality during the first 6 months. We examined the impact of depression over 18 months and present additional evidence concerning potential mechanisms linking depression and mortality. Methods and Results Two-hundred twenty-two patients responded to a modified version of the National Institut…
Depression and 18-Month Prognosis After Myocardial Infarction
Background We previously reported that major depression in patients in the hospital after a myocardial infarction (MI) substantially increases the risk of mortality during the first 6 months. We examined the impact of depression over 18 months and present additional evidence concerning potential mechanisms linking depression and mortality. Methods and Results Two-hundred twenty-two patients responded to a modified version of the National Institut…
Major Depression Before and After Myocardial Infarction
The prevalence and prognostic impact of previous depression, depression in the hospital, and depression after discharge were studied in 222 patients admitted for acute myocardial infarction (MI). Patients were interviewed 1 week, 6 months, and 12 months after the index MI using a modified version of the Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS); patients also completed the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Patients or family members were recontacted at …
Depression and 1-Year Prognosis in Unstable Angina
Depression and Anxiety Increase Physician Costs During the First Post-Mi Year
Impact of Improving Psychological Distress in Post-Mi Patients
Major and Minor Depression Following Mi
The Seduction of Death
University of Montreal and Montreal Heart Institute (Lesperance). McGill University and Montreal Heart Institute (Frasure-Smith)
High Perceived Social Support Reduces the Prognostic Impact of Depression Following Mi
Gender, Depression, and One-Year Prognosis After Myocardial Infarction
Depression in hospital after MI is a significant predictor of 1-year cardiac mortality for women as well as for men, and its impact is largely independent of other post-MI risks
Clinical Implications of a Reduction in Psychological Distress on Cardiac Prognosis in Patients Participating in a Psychosocial Intervention Program
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this secondary analysis was to examine the relationships between a reduction in psychological distress and long-term cardiac and psychological outcomes in post-myocardial infarction patients who participated in a randomized trial of home-based psychosocial nursing interventions (the Montreal Heart Attack Readjustment Trial [M-HART]). Gender differences were considered. METHODS: We studied 433 patients (36.0% women) fro…
Five-Year Risk of Cardiac Mortality in Relation to Initial Severity and One-Year Changes in Depression Symptoms After Myocardial Infarction
Background — Although previous research demonstrated an independent link between depression symptoms and cardiac mortality after myocardial infarction (MI), depression was assessed only once, and a dose-response relationship was not evaluated. Methods and Results — We administered the Beck Depression Inventory to 896 post-MI patients during admission and at 1 year. Five-year survival was ascertained using Medicare data. We observed a significant …
Long-Term Survival Differences Among Low-Anxious, High-Anxious and Repressive Copers Enrolled in the Montreal Heart Attack Readjustment Trial
Objective This study reports 5-year outcomes from the Montreal Heart Attack Readjustment Trial, a randomized, controlled trial of monthly telephone monitoring of psychological distress and home nursing visits in a sample of 1376 patients. It focuses on differences in long-term program impact associated with patients’ sex and baseline anxiety/repressor coping styles. The potential mediating roles of medications, medical care utilization, and chang…
Psychological Theories of Depression
OBJECTIVE: The natural course of elevated depressive symptoms or subthreshold depression in patients with an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is presented, as is the prognostic impact. Safe and effective psychological treatment options are desirable for subthreshold depression in patients with ACS, should they prove tolerable, efficacious, and cost-effective to cardiologists and their patients. To achieve this long-term goal, we propose focusing on …
Reflections on Depression as a Cardiac Risk Factor
OBJECTIVE: Major North American cardiology organizations do not currently list depression among the officially recognized cardiac risk factors, yet many behavioral medicine specialists believe depression to be an important risk. We wondered what was missing from the available data. METHODS: The Medline, Current Contents, and PsychInfo databases were used to perform a systematic review of the literature linking depression and depressive symptoms w…
Design and Rationale for a Randomized, Controlled Trial of Interpersonal Psychotherapy and Citalopram for Depression in Coronary Artery Disease (CREATE)
Objective: Recognition that depression is associated with increased morbidity and mortality in coronary artery disease (CAD) patients has augmented the need for evidence-based treatment guidelines. This article presents the design of a multisite, Canadian trial of the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT), an empirically supported, depression-focused therapy, and the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor citalop…
Common Genetic Vulnerability to Depressive Symptoms and Coronary Artery Disease
Objective: Although it is well established that depressive symptoms are associated with recurrent cardiac events among cardiac patients and novel cardiac events among participants with no known coronary artery disease (CAD), the nature of this association remains unclear. In this regard, little attention has been paid to the possibility that common genetic vulnerability contributes to both depressive symptoms and CAD. In this paper, we review the…
Assessment and Treatment of Depression in Patients With Cardiovascular Disease
Objective: The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute convened an interdisciplinary working group of experts to develop recommendations for the assessment and treatment of depression in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD). Method: Consensus of experts. Results: Our current recommendations are that the Beck Depression Inventory-I be employed for epidemiological studies of depression and CHD, that the Patient Health Questionnaire 2-item v…
Spiritual reconfigurations of self after a myocardial infarction
L’art de se réinventer
Prévost, le Département universitaire de psychiatrie et d’addictologie et l’evidence-based medicine
La revue Santé mentale au Québec
The Revue Santé mentale au Québec (RSMQ) purpose is to contribute to the mental health knowledge dissemination and acquisition by adding much-needed cultural diversity to a scientific world community dominated by English-speaking journals. The RSMQ leadership wish to expand its societal impact and scientific outreach by working with its institutional partners to attract researchers and clinical practitioners across the world wishing to share thei…
Medicine (18 works) · Depression (economics) (13 works) · Psychiatry (13 works) · Internal Medicine (12 works) · Cardiac Health and Mental Health (11 works) · Internal Medicine (11 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Anxiety (8 works) · Myocardial infarction (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works)