A. John Rush, MD
Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore; Curbstone Consultant LLC, Dallas, Texas
Original Research
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Impact of VNS on Suicidal Ideation in Markedly Treatment-Resistant Major Depression: A RECOVER Study Report
July 8, 2026
Findings suggest that active VNS reduces suicidal ideation (SI) and potentially induces SI remission among participants with chronic TRD and baseline SI.
Original Research
Predictors of Treatment Response to Adjunctive VNS Therapy in Major Depressive Disorder: A RECOVER Trial Report
July 14, 2025
History of ECT use (lifetime and current episode) or TMS use (current episode) was prognostic of poorer outcomes across the total sample and superior benefit from active versus sham...
Commentary
Can Our Collective Experiences As Clinicians Improve Mental Health Care?
July 17, 2024
Drs Rush and Tramontin discuss how simple outcomes, often patient reported, could facilitate evidence-based decision making by clinicians, administrators, and payors and provide the foundation for a learning health...
Original Research
A Comparison of 3 Scales for Measuring Adolescent Depression
December 18, 2023
Three patient-reported outcomes—Patient Health Questionnaire for Adolescents, Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology–Self-Report, and Very Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology–Self-Report—can assess depressive symptom severity and change over time. Scores on...
