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Contributors

These guidelines could not have been developed without the expertise and assistance of many types of contributors who, together, made the effort feasible. All of those listed here willingly assisted in the intense effort required to develop guidelines on an issue as complex as the appropriate treatment of major depressive disorder. The resulting document reflects the many important interactions that occurred during the guideline development process.

Depression Guideline Panel Members: Biosketches

A. John Rush, MD, Chair

Betty Jo Hay Distinguished Chair in Mental Health

Professor and Vice Chairman for Research, Department of Psychiatry

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas, Texas

Dr. Rush received his BA from Princeton University and his MD from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University.

He is currently the Director of the Mental Health Clinical Research Center, an NIMH-funded center studying the biology, psychology, pharmacology, and psychotherapy of mood disorders. Dr. Rush has published extensively on both the psychology and biology of depression. He has received several NIMH grants to study depression and has helped develop and study the efficacy of cognitive therapy in treatment of depressed outpatients. His research has sought to identify biologic and psychological predictors of specific treatment responses, as well as relapse and recurrence. He serves as the Chair of the DSM-IV Work Group on Mood Disorders for the American Psychiatric Association. Fellow of the American College of Psychiatry , the American Psychiatric Association, and the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology. He is Past President of the Society for Psychotherapy Research.

William E. Golden, MD

Director, General Internal Medicine

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Little Rock, Arkansas

Dr. Golden received his AB from Brown University (1975) and his MD from Baylor College of Medicine (1978). He completed his internal medicine residency and chief residency at Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center in Chicago (1983). Dr. Golden is Director of the Quality Assurance Research and Education Center, Director of the Division of General Internal Medicine, and Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. He is currently Chairman of the Quality Assurance Committee of University Hospital. He has had several funded projects in quality assurance and has expertise in perioperative care and medical informatics. He has authored more than 40 journal articles and book chapters on perioperative care, medical education, and quality improvement.

Dr. Golden is a trustee of the American Society of Internal Medicine and a member of the board of directors of the American Medical Review Research Center. He serves on the American Medical Association Council on Medical Education and has recently been appointed to the Liaison Committee on Medical Education. He is a member of many internal medicine societies and has served numerous roles in educational activities and policy-making matters for these organizations.

Gladys Walton Hall, PhD, MSW

Associate Professor, School of Social Work

Howard University

Washington, District of Columbia

Dr. Hall received her BS from Morgan State University (1966), MSW from the University of Connecticut (1971), and PhD from the University of Maryland (1982). She recently completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the National Institute of Mental Health (1990).

Dr. Hall teaches clinical social work methods courses and is a licensed clinical social worker with experience in the private and public sectors. Her private practice is in a comprehensive medical setting and includes the treatment of depressed women. She has authored several publications in the area of depression (childhood depression) and served on various professional boards, both national and local (including the D.C. Mental Health Association). Her research focus is on the psychosocial factors related to the co-morbidity of depression and conduct disorder among children.

Col. Moses Herrera, MD

Chief, Primary Care Clinic

Robins Air Force Base Hospital

Robins Air Force Base, Georgia

Dr. Herrera is a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Practice. He has many years of experience in the practice of family medicine, including obstetrics, geriatrics, pediatrics, and adolescent medicine, as well as in short-tenn psychotherapy and in the diagnosis and treatment of depression. He has served on the Mental Health Committee of the American Academy of Family Practice. With his experience, Dr. Herrera can speak with particular regard to the utility of guidelines as they may be applied to family practice in military medicine.

Artie Houston

Consumer Representative

Fort Worth, Texas

Mrs. Houston represents patients (consumers). She has lived successfully with manic-depressive illness, which was diagnosed in 1968. She played a prominent role in the establishment of the National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association (NDMDA) and served as its executive vice president and president in 1988-89. Mrs. Houston founded the first NDMDA chapter in Tarrant County, Texas, and served as its president for 2 years. She has a background in business and public relations. She served for 15 years as the business director of a large blood center in Fort Worth, Texas. Mrs. Houston has an extensive history of volunteer work in the areas of depression, manic-depressive illness, and hemophilia.

Roger G. Kathol, MD

Professor of Psychiatry and Internal Medicine

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

Iowa City, Iowa

Dr. Kathol received his BA from the University of Kansas (1970) and his MD from the University of Kansas School of Medicine (1974). He completed his residency in internal medicine at the University of Iowa (1978) and his residency in psychiatry at the University of Iowa (1980). He completed a 1-year fellowship in endocrinology at the University of Otago in Wellington, New Zealand (1981).

Dr. Kathol is the director of the combined Internal Medicine/psychiatry Unit and the General Hospital Psychiatry Services at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. He currently teaches both psychiatrists and internists about the diagnosis and treatment of medical and psychiatric disorders in patients with complex and combined medical/psychiatric difficulties. He has received NIMH and private foundation grants for clinical research on depressive disorders in the medically ill, on endocrine changes in patients with primary depression, and on pharmacokinetic drug interactions. His research has contributed to the understanding of depression in the medically ill, as well as the potential relationship of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis dysfunction in patients with primary affective disorder.

Dr. Kathol has lectured widely, is on the editorial board of several journals, holds membership on the boards of national organizations, and is published widely in the area of psychiatric pathology as seen in medically ill patients. He is board-certified in both internal medicine and psychiatry , and is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, the American Psychiatric Association, and the American Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine. He is the current president of the Academy of Clinical Psychiatry and is a founding officer of the Association of Medicine and Psychiatry.

Wayne Katon, MD

Professor of Psychiatry

Chief of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

University of Washington Medical School

Seattle, Washington

Dr. Katon received his BA from the University of Vermont (1971) and his MD from the University of Oregon (1976). He completed his residency in psychiatry at the University of Washington (1979).

Dr. Katon is Chief of the Division of Consultation-Liaison at the University of Washington and head of the Psychiatry Liaison Service to Family Medicine at University and Providence Medical Centers. Dr. Katon received the American Academy of Family Practice Award for Excellence in Teaching. He has taught medical students, psychiatric residents, and family medicine practitioners in the area of psychiatric disorders in family practice and primary care. He has received independent NIMH funding for the study of depression and chronic tinnitus, a randomized trial of psychiatric consultation for patients who are high medical service utilizers, and a randomized trial of psychiatric consultation in treatment of major depression in primary care.

Dr. Katon has published widely in the area of psychopathology (depression, panic disorders, and somatization) in the primary care setting. He has authored more than lOO journal articles and chapters and a book commissioned by NIMH entitled Panic Disorder in the Medical Setting. His research has sought to identify the psychological and social factors associated with medically unexplained somatic symptoms (chest pain, back pain, irritable bowel syndrome, tinnitus, pelvic pain, and dizziness). He is a recognized national and international authority on psychiatric disorders in family practice and general internal medicine.

Catherine L. Matchett, MD

Matchett Medical Center, President

Grapevine, Texas

Dr. Matchett is a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Practice in private practice, who serves approximately 3,500 families in the North Texas area. She completed a rotating internship and 2 years in a psychiatry residency, passing the written boards in psychiatry before completing a family practice residency.

Dr. Matchett is Vice President of the Dallas Chapter of the American Academy of Family Practice. She has a strong interest in preventive medicine and patient education. She has developed and lectured on the utilization of patient education materials and educational methods to facilitate detection and recognition of a wide variety of common health problems, including several disorders that are commonly missed or misdiagnosed by primary care physicians, including depression, anxiety disorders, premenstrual syndrome, and headache disorders. These materials are used to engage patient participation in the process of identification and translation of symptoms into a proper diagnosis so that recognized treatment strategies may be employed. There is an assumption that patient compliance with treatment increases when the patient is educated and actively involved in the treatment process.

Frederick Petty, PhD, MD

Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry

Veterans Administration Medical Center

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas, Texas

Dr. Petty received his PhD from the Georgia Institute of Technology (1971) and his MD from the University of Tennessee (1976). He completed his residency in psychiatry at the University of Iowa (1980).

Dr. Petty is the recipient of a Research Career Development Award from the Department of Veterans Affairs. He was the Director of the Consultation/Liaison Service at both the Iowa City and Dallas Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers. He conducts both basic and clinical research on the biology of stress and depression, as well as on biologic markers for alcoholism. Dr. Petty has received independent, peer-reviewed funding to conduct his research from the Veterans Administration Merit Review Board, NIMH, and NIAAA. He has lectured widely to family practice and general internal medicine physicians regarding the differential diagnosis and management of mood disorders. Dr. Petty is Director of the Depression Clinic at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Dallas.

Herbert C. Schulberg, PhD

Professor of Psychiatry , Psychology and Medicine

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Dr. Schulberg received his BA from Yeshiva College (1955), his PhD from Columbia University, and his MS Hygiene from the Harvard School of Public Health (1963). He completed 2 years of pre-doctoral internships in clinical psychology at several Veterans Administration facilities.

Dr. Schulberg is Director of the Primary Care Consultation Program at the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, and was previously president of the American College of Mental Health Administration and a Visiting Scientist at the NIMH. He has published more than 125 peer-reviewed articles, chapters, and books that focus on the delivery and evaluation of psychiatric services, as well as the recognition, differential diagnosis, and treatment of depression and other psychiatric disorders in the primary care setting. Dr. Schulberg is a recognized national authority in this area. He has received several NIMH grants that support his research efforts. Presently, Dr. Schulberg is directing an NIMH-funded 4-year study of the clinical efficacy and cost efficiency of various treatments for major depression in primary care practice.

G. Richard Smith, Jr., MD

Professor and Director

Centers for Mental Healthcare Research

V A HSR&D Field Program for Mental Health

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Little Rock, Arkansas

Dr. Smith received his MD from the University of Arkansas (1977), where he completed his residency in psychiatry. He was a Fellow in Psychiatry and Medicine at the University of Rochester (1980-81). He has served as residency director in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Arkansas. He has published in the areas of alexithymia, somatization disorder, consultation-liaison, and immunology. He has received NIMH and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation research support for studies of somatization disorder and psychosocial disabilities associated with myocardial infarction. He has been developing disease-specific outcome modules for psychiatric conditions.

Dr. Smith currently serves as Chair of the NIMH Initial Review Group on Mental Health Services Research. He is Director of the Centers for Mental Healthcare Research, which include the NIMH Center for Rural Mental Healthcare Research and the Veterans Affairs Field Program for Mental Health.

Gail Wiscarz Stuart, PhD, RN, CS

Associate Professor and Chief, Division of Psychiatric Nursing

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Professor, College of Nursing

Medical University of South Carolina

Charleston, South Carolina

Dr. Stuart received her MS in psychiatric nursing from the University of Maryland (1973) and her PhD in behavioral sciences from Johns Hopkins University (1985). She is a certified specialist in adult psychiatric and mental health nursing from the American Nurses Association and maintains a private practice of psychotherapy.

Dr. Stuart's clinical and research interests involve the study of depression, anxiety disorders, and mental health care delivery systems. As Chief of the Division of Psychiatric Nursing, in the Department of Psychiatry , Dr. Stuart is responsible for overseeing the clinical inpatient units at the Institute of Psychiatry .She is also the coordinator of the graduate program in psychiatric nursing at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.

Dr. Stuart has received multiple honors and awards for her work from a large number of organizations and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. She serves on the NIMH Task Force on Psychiatric Nursing and the NIMH Research Resource Panel for the Severely Mentally I11, among other national appointments. Dr. Stuart has been the principal investigator or coinvestigator on several independent research grants, including studies of the pharmacotherapy and childhood environments of patients with panic disorder, bulimia, and depression. She has written several nationally recognized textbooks on psychiatric nursing and has a substantial list of peer-reviewed journal publications in both the areas of psychiatric disorders and the role of nursing in health care delivery .

Reviewing Consultants for Treatment Issues1

 

Patient Compliance in Affective Illness

Monica Ramirez Basco, PhD

University of Texas

Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas, Texas

The Role of Social Support in Depression: A Selected Review of the Evidence

Linda S. Beeber, PhD, RN

Syracuse University

College of Nursing

Syracuse, New York

The Role of Occupational Therapyin the Management of Depression

Elizabeth B. Devereaux,

MSW, ACSW/L, OTR/L, FAOTAA

Associate Professor,

Department of Psychiatry

Marshall University

School of Medicine

Huntington, West Virginia

The Efficacy of Long- Term Psychotherapy in the Treatment of Depression

Gretchen L. Haas, PhD

Department of Psychiatry

University of Pittsburgh

School of Medicine

Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The Efficacy of Combined Drugs and Psychotherapy for Depression

Steven D. Hollon, PhD

Kirsten Haman, BS

Department of Psychology

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee

Treatment of Depression with Anxiolytic Medications

Frederick Petty, PhD, MD

Madhukar Trivedi, MD

Department of Psychiatry

Dallas Veterans Affairs Medical Center

University of Texas

Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas, Texas

Light Therapy for Winter Depression

Michael Terman, PhD

New York State Psychiatric Institute

New York, New York Jiuan Su Terman,

PhD Department of Psychiatry Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons

New York, New York

Strategies for Treatment Resistant Depression

Michael E. Thase, MD

Department of Psychiatry

University of Pittsburgh

School of Medicine

Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Short-Term Psychotherapy and Depression

Robin B. Jarrett, PhD

Melinda Down, BS

University of Texas

Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas, Texas

Treatment of Depression with Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)

Charles H. Kellner, MD

Carol M. S. Burns, RNC

Hilary J. Bernstein, LMSW

Medical University of South Carolina

Charleston, South Carolina

Diagnosis and Treatments for Patients with Comorbid Anxiety and Mood Disorders

Karla Moras, PhD

Richard E. Zinbarg, PhD

David H. Barlow, PhD

Department of Psychiatry

State University of New York at Albany

Albany, New York

Therapeutic Monitoring of Antidepressant Drugs

Paul J. Orsulak, PhD, MBA

Pei Ke Liu, MD

Departments of Psychiatry and Pathology

University of Texas

Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas, Texas

The Efficacy of Heterocyclic and SSRI Antidepressant Medications

Madhukar Trivedi, MD

A. John Rush, MD

Department of Psychiatry

University of Texas

Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas, Texas

The Efficacy of Tricyclic Antidepressant Medications

Madhukar Trivedi, MD

William A. Hendrickse, MD, MRCP

A. John Rush, MD

Department of Psychiatry

University of Texas

Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas, Texas

1Being listed in this section does not necessarily imply endorsement of the guideline.

Scientific Reviewers2
Hagop S. Akiskal, MD

Senior Science Advisor,

Office of the Director

National Institute of Mental Health

Rockville, Maryland

Deborah Allen, MD

Professor and Chairman

Department of Family Medicine

Indiana University

School of Medicine

Indianapolis, Indiana

Kenneth Z. Altshuler, MD*

Professor and Chairman,

Department of Psychiatry

University of Texas

Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas, Texas

Aaron T. Beck, MD*

Professor, Department of Psychiatry

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

W. Eugene Broadhead,

MD, PhD, FAAFP

Associate Professor, Department of

Community and Family Medicine

Duke University Medical Center

Durham, North Carolina

C. Robert Cloninger, MD*

Washington University

Medical School

St. Louis, Missouri

Allen I. Frances, MD*

Professor and Chairman,

Department of Psychiatry

Duke University Medical Center

Durham, North Carolina

T. Byram Karasu, MD

Professor of Psychiatry

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Bronx Municipal Hospital Center

Jacobi Hospital

Bronx, New York

Donald F. Klein, MD

Columbia University, College of

Physicians & Surgeons

New York, New York

Gerald Klerman, MD (deceased)

Professor, Department of Psychiatry

Director of Research

New York Hospital/

Cornell Medical Center

Payne Whitney Clinic

New York, New York

Rodger Kobes, MD, PhD*

Timberlawn Psychiatric Hospital

University of Texas

Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas, Texas

Helena Chmura Kraemer, PhD

Stanford University

Stanford California

David J. Kupfer, MD

Western Psychiatric Institute

and Clinic

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Jerome Levine, MD*

Department of Psychiatry (MPRC)

University of Maryland

School of Medicine

Baltimore, Maryland

Ellen Frank, PhD*

University of Pittsburgh

School of Medicine

Western Psychiatric Institute

and Clinic

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Jack Froom, MD

Professor, State University of

New York at Stony Brook

Stony Brook, New York

Junius J. Gonzales, MD

Chief, Primary Care

Research Program

Services Research Branch

National Institute of Mental Health

Rockville, Maryland

Frederick K. Goodwill, MD

Director, National Institute of Mental Health

Bethesda, Maryland

Philip S. Holtzman, PhD*

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Neil Jacobson, PhD

Professor, Department of

Psychology

Center for Clinical Research

University of Washington

Seattle, Washington

Lewis L Judd, MD

Mary Gilman Marston Professor

and Chair, Department of

Psychiatry

UCSD School of Medicine

La Jolla, California

William T. McKinney, MD*

University of Wisconsin

School of Medicine

Madison, Wisconsin

Kathleen Merikangas, PhD*

Yale University School of Medicine

New Haven, Connecticut

Deborah M. Nadzam, PhD, RN*

Associate Director of Outcomes

Research and Development

Joint Commission on Accreditation

of Healthcare Organizations

Oak Brook Terrace, Illinois

Robert M. Post, MD*

National Institute of Mental Health

Bethesda, Maryland

Lon S. Schneider, MD*

University of Southern California

School of Medicine

Los Angeles, California

Myrna M. Weissman, PhD*

Columbia University

New York, New York

Thomas N. Wise, MD

Professor of Psychiatry

Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia

2Being listed in this section does not necessarily imply endorsement of the guideline.

*Scientific Reviewer, Group II

Organizations and Individuals Providing Peer and Pilot Review3
American Nurses Association

Washington, District of Columbia

Contact: Karen O'Connor, MA, RN

Sandra E. Benter, DNSC, RN, CS

Psychotherapy and Consultation

Practice

Owings Mills, Maryland

John M. Davis, MD

Illinois State Psychiatric Institute

Chicago Illinois

David L. Dunner, MD

Professor, Department of Psychiatry

University of Washington

Seattle, Washington

William H.M. Finney, MD, MPH

Shepherd's Clinic

Baltimore, Maryland

Terry E. Fitzgerald

National Council,

Community Mental Health Centers

Rockville, Maryland

Frederick K. Goodwin, MD

Director, National Institute of

Mental Health

Bethesda, Maryland

Edgar Heim, MD

Professor and Co-chair

Psychiatrische Univ. Poliklinik

Bern, Switzerland

Shirley Hibbeln

Education Consultant

National Depressive and

Manic-Depressive Association

Chicago, Illinois

Pharmaceutical Manufacturers

Association

Health Outcomes Work Group

Washington, District of Columbia

Contact: Hugh H. Tilson,

MD, DrPH

Harold Alan Pincus, MD

American Psychiatric Association

Washington, District of Columbia

John B. Reichman, MD

American Academy of Clinical

Psychiatry

Pocatello, Idaho

Lorraine Richter, BS

Education Chairman

National Depressive and

Manic-Depressive Association

Chicago, Illinois

Joseph A. Rogers

Mental Health Association of

Southeastern Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Robert M.A. Hirschfeld, MD

Professor and Chairman,

Department of Psychiatry

University of Texas Medical Branch

Galveston, Texas

IMCARE Practice Guidelines

Network

IMCARE (Internal Medicine Center

to Advance Research

and Education)

American Society of

Internal Medicine

Washington District of Columbia

Contact: Bernard M. Rosof, MD,

President

Betty F. King, Executive Director

Harold A. Kaminetzky, MD,

FACOG

Director, Practice Activities

American College of Obstetricians

and Gynecologists

Washington, District of Columbia

Gerald Klerman, MD (deceased)

President

Association for Clinical

Psychosocial Research

Don R. Lipsitt, MD

President, American Association of

General Hospital Psychiatrists

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Russ Newman, PhD, JD

Deputy Executive Director

for Professional Practice

American Psychological Association

Washington, District of Columbia

Peter M. Silberfarb, MD

Dartmouth Medical School

Dartmouth Hitchcock

Medical Center

Lebanon, New Hampshire

Jeff Susman, MD

Department of Family Medicine

University of Nebraska

Medical Center

Omaha, Nebraska

Robert L. Thomas

National Association of

Private Psychiatric Hospitals

Washington, District of Columbia

Joyce E. Thompson,

CNM, DrPH, FAAN

University of Pennsylvania

School of Nursing

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

3Being listed in this section does not necessarily imply endorsement of the guideline.

Organizations and Individuals Providing Additional Scientific, Technical, and Administrative Support

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas

M. Trivedi, MD,

Scientific Assistant to the Chair

M. White, MM, Project Manager

L. Arnold

W. Hendrickse, MD, MRCP

G. Kramer

D. Savage

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Rockville, Maryland

J.J. Clinton, MD,

Administrator

K. McCormick, PhD, RN,

Director, Office of the Forum

E. Corrigan

C. Crofton, PhD

G. Hernandez, RN

S. King, MD

V. Montgomery

K. Pearson, RPh, MPH

R. Siegel

L. Williams

Editorial Associates, Washington, District of Columbia

G.Martin

Fast Word, Dallas, Texas

Health Systems Research, Washington, District of Columbia

MedStat Systems, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan

Mikalix & Company, Waltham, Massachusetts

M. Madison, MPA, and staff

Moshman and Associates, Bethesda, Maryland

National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland

F. Goodwin, MD, Director

J. Burke, MD, MPH

J. Gonzales, MD

A. Leshner, PhD

G. Norquist, MD, MSPH

National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland

I. Auston, MLS, and staff

University of California at Los Angeles, California

D. Schriger, MD, MPH

University of California at Berkeley, California

T.W. Hu, PhD

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

M. McDonald, MFA

Washington Consulting Group, Inc., Washington, District of Columbia

C.L. Smith

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