The Trifecta of Benefits in Depression Care for Patients With Advanced Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Kennedy comments on the comparison of Personalized Intervention for Depressed Patients with COPD (PID-C) with Problem Solving-Adherence. In the first study, the authors found that straightforward PID-C reduced depressive symptoms just as well as the more complicated Problem Solving-Adherence therapy, which requires substantially more staff training. In the second study, they found that dyspnea-related disability was also reduced. These three analyses taken together show that a straightforward, time-limited intervention for the subset of vulnerable individuals with COPD and major depressive disorder is beneficial from multiple perspectives.