Research shows that a disabling
chronic disease can trigger depression just as a long period of untreated
depression may contribute to the development of disabling chronic disease.
This linkage between chronic disease and depression was the subject of remarks
presented June 7 by Dr. Barton Margoshes, chief medical officer for CIGNA's
group disability business, at the First Annual Integrated Healthcare
Leadership Summit on Co-Morbid Depression and Chronic Illness.
Margoshes reviewed the results of a recent study by CIGNA that found
almost half of the expense of treating depression a...
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