Background and rationale for the Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression (STAR∗D) study

Psychiatric Clinics of North America - Tập 26 Số 2 - Trang 457-494 - 2003
Maurizio Fava1, A. John Rush2, Madhukar H. Trivedi2, Andrew A. Nierenberg1, Michael E. Thase3,4, Harold A. Sackeïm5,6,7, Frederic M. Quitkin5,7, Stephen R. Wisniewski8,3, Philip W. Lavori9,10, Jerrold F. Rosenbaum1, David J. Kupfer3,4, for the STAR∗D Investigators Group
1Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
2Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390–9086, USA
3Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
4Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh PA, USA
5Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
6Department of Radiology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
7New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
8Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
9Department of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
10Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Studies Program, Palo Alto VA, Palo Alto, CA, USA

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