General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 27, Issue 2 , Pages 87-96 , March 2005

A direct comparison of presenting characteristics of depressed outpatients from primary vs. specialty care settings: preliminary findings from the STAR*D clinical trial

  • Bradley N. Gaynes, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7160, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 919 966 8028; fax: +1 919 843 4370.
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  • A. John Rush, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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  • Madhukar Trivedi, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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  • Stephen R. Wisniewski, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Epidemiology Data Center, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
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  • G.K. Balasubramani, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Epidemiology Data Center, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
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  • Donald C. Spencer, M.D., M.B.A.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7160, USA
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  • Timothy Petersen, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Depression Clinical and Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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  • Michael Klinkman, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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  • Diane Warden, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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  • Robert K. Schneider, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA 23220, USA
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  • Daniel B. Castro, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Harbor City, CA 90710, USA
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  • Robert N. Golden, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7160, USA

Received 19 April 2004 ,Accepted 28 October 2004.

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☆ This project has been funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, under Contract N01MH90003. Dr. Gaynes was supported in part by an NIMH K23 Career Development Award (MH01951-03).

PII: S0163-8343(04)00132-X

doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2004.10.003

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 27, Issue 2 , Pages 87-96 , March 2005

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