General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 377-379, July 2010

Relationship between antidepressant medication possession and treatment response☆☆

  • John C. Fortney, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • VA South Central Mental Illness Education and Clinic Center (MIRECC), Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, North Little Rock, AR, USA
    • VA Health Services Research and Development (HRS&D), Center for Mental Health and Outcomes Research, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, North Little Rock, AR, USA
    • Division of Health Services Research, Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. VA HSR&D CeMHOR (152/NLR), North Little Rock, AR 72114, USA. Tel.: +1 501 257 1726.
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  • Jeffrey M. Pyne, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • VA South Central Mental Illness Education and Clinic Center (MIRECC), Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, North Little Rock, AR, USA
    • VA Health Services Research and Development (HRS&D), Center for Mental Health and Outcomes Research, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, North Little Rock, AR, USA
    • Division of Health Services Research, Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
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  • Mark J. Edlund, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Health Services Research, Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
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  • Dinesh Mittal, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • VA South Central Mental Illness Education and Clinic Center (MIRECC), Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, North Little Rock, AR, USA
    • VA Health Services Research and Development (HRS&D), Center for Mental Health and Outcomes Research, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, North Little Rock, AR, USA
    • Division of Health Services Research, Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA

Received 30 October 2009; accepted 20 March 2010. published online 05 May 2010.

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 Human subjects approval: The study was approved by the Research and Development Committees of the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System in Little Rock, AR; the Overton Brooks VA Medical Center in Shreveport, LA; and the G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center in Jackson, MS; and their affiliated institutional review boards at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and the University of Louisiana Health Sciences Center at Shreveport.

☆☆ This research was supported by VA IIR 00-078-3 grant to Dr. Fortney, VA NPI-01-006-1 grant to Dr. Pyne, the VA HSR&D Center for Mental Health and Outcomes Research, and the VA South Central Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center. Drs. Pyne and Edlund were supported by VA HSR&D Research Career Awards. Dr. Mittal was supported by the VISN 16 South Central Network Research/Career Development Grant Program and VA South Central Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center.

PII: S0163-8343(10)00058-7

doi:10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2010.03.008

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 377-379, July 2010