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Mark J. Edlund
Researcher at Research Triangle Park
Publications - 74
Citations - 7258
Mark J. Edlund is an academic researcher from Research Triangle Park. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mental health & Substance abuse. The author has an hindex of 42, co-authored 74 publications receiving 6620 citations. Previous affiliations of Mark J. Edlund include Veterans Health Administration & Saint Luke's Health System.
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Emergency department visits among recipients of chronic opioid therapy.
Jennifer Brennan Braden,Joan Russo,Ming Yu Fan,Mark J. Edlund,Bradley C. Martin,Andrea DeVries,Mark Sullivan +6 more
TL;DR: Use of Schedule II opioids, headache, back pain, and substance use disorders are associated with EDVs and ADEs among adults prescribed opioids for 90 days or more and it may be possible to increase the safety of chronic opioid therapy by minimizing the prescription of Schedule I opioids in these higher-risk recipients.
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Racial and ethnic differences in the mental health problems and use of mental health care.
TL;DR: There is wide variation in mental health morbidity and use of mental health care across racial and ethnic groups in the United States, and these results can help to focus efforts aimed at understanding the underlying causes of the differences.
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Disparities in the Adequacy of Depression Treatment in the United States
TL;DR: Disparities in depression treatment appear to be due mainly to differences in rates of initiation of depression treatment, given that rates of adequate care generally did not differ once treatment was initiated.
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Long-Term Chronic Opioid Therapy Discontinuation Rates from the TROUP Study
Bradley C. Martin,Ming Yu Fan,Mark J. Edlund,Andrea DeVries,Jennifer Brennan Braden,Mark D. Sullivan +5 more
TL;DR: Over half of persons receiving 90 days of continuous opioid therapy remain on opioids years later, and special caution is warranted when prescribing more than 90 days of opioid therapy in these patients.
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Use of Mental Health Care and Substance Abuse Treatment Among Adults With Co-occurring Disorders
TL;DR: Low rates of use of substance abuse treatment among patients who have comorbid mental health problems and a substance use disorder and use mental health care suggest that recommendations that substance use disorders be treated before, or concurrently with, mental disorders have not been widely adopted.