TABLE 1.

Protocol-Eligibility Criteria for Bypassing the Blues

Inpatient criteria
1.	Has just undergone CABG (combined or redo procedure)
2.	Folstein Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) ≥24
3.	Able to be evaluated and treated for depression as an outpatient post CABG
4.	Has a household telephone
5.	Not presently in treatment with a mental health specialist
6.	No active suicidality
7.	No history of psychotic illness
8.	No history of bipolar illness according to subject self-report and past medical history
9.	No current alcohol dependence or other substance abuse as evidenced by chart review and the CAGE questionnaire (88)
10.	No organic mood syndromes, including those secondary to medical illness or drugs
11.	Presence of noncardiovascular conditions likely to be fatal within 1 year
12.	No unstable medical condition as indicated by history, physical, and/or laboratory findings
13.	No previous enrollment in the study cohort
14.	English speaking, and not illiterate or possessing any other communication barrier
15.	If nondepressed control, no current or previous diagnosis or treatment of depression
Outpatient criteria
16.	Continue to meet all above inpatient criteria
17.	A PHQ score of ≥10 if PHQ-2 positive screen as an inpatient
18.	A PHQ score of <5 if PHQ-2 negative screen as an inpatient

CABG = coronary artery bypass graft; PHQ = Patient Health Questionnaire.