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Robert M. Carney, PhD
Current
Position
Professor of Psychiatry
Education and Training
B.A.: Psychology, University of Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri, 1969
Ph.D.: Counseling Psychology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, 1978
Major Awards
Fellow, Academy of Cognitive Therapy
Fellow, Society of Behavioral Medicine
Fellow, Academy of Behavioral Medicine
Visiting Scholar, American Psychosomatic Society
Areas of Clinical Interest
Certified cognitive therapist, depression in cardiac patients, smoking cessation, behavioral cardiovascular disease prevention
Areas of Research Interests
Depression in cardiovascular disease
Key Publications
Carney RM, Freedland KE, Steinmeyer B, Blumenthal JA, Berkman LF, Watkins LL, Czajkowski SM, Burg MM, Jaffe AS: Depression and five year survival following acute myocardial infarction: A prospective study. Journal of Affective Disorders 2008; Epub ahead of print. Full Article ->
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. Full Article ->
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. Full Article ->
Carney RM, Howells WB, Blumenthal JA, Freedland KE, Stein PK, Berkman LF, Watkins LL, Czajkowski SM, Steinmeyer B, Hayano J, Domitrovich PP, Burg MM, Jaffe AS: Heart rate turbulence, depression, and survival after acute myocardial infarction. Psychosomatic Medicine 2007; 69:4-9. Full Article ->
Friedewald VE, Arnold LW, Carney RM, Jaffe AS, Sheps DS, Roberts WC: The Editor's Roundtable: Major depression in patients with coronary heart disease. American Journal of Cardiology 2007; 99(4):519-529. Full Article ->
Funded Research Projects
NHLBI(Key Personnel):Effects of Depression on Short-Term Recovery from MI
NHLBI(PI):Omega-3 for Depression and Other Cardiac Risk Factors