TY - JOUR T1 - Response to: ‘Depression and anxiety associate with less remission after 1 year in rheumatoid arthritis’ by Boer <em>et al</em> JF - Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases JO - Ann Rheum Dis SP - e2 LP - e2 DO - 10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-212910 VL - 78 IS - 1 AU - Brigitte Michelsen AU - Tore K Kvien Y1 - 2019/01/01 UR - http://ard.bmj.com/content/78/1/e2.abstract N2 - We thank Boer et al for their interesting report1 validating our findings of depression and anxiety as strong negative predictors of remission in rheumatoid arthritis (RA).2 Depression and anxiety are frequent disorders among patients with inflammatory arthritides,3 4 and emphasis on these conditions may be important in a treat-to-target strategy, not only in the shared decision-making … ER -