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    MENTAL HEALTH: A REPORT OF THE SURGEON GENERAL

    APPENDIX A

    INCLUSION OF MINORITIES IN CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS USED TO DEVELOP PROFESSIONAL TREATMENT GUIDELINES FOR MAJOR MENTAL DISORDERS

    This appendix1 examined the inclusion of racial and ethnic minorities in randomized clinical trials used to develop professional guidelines for treatment of four specific mental disorders: bipolar disorder, major depression, schizophrenia, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

    The American Psychiatric Association (1994) developed practice guidelines for treatment of patients with bipolar disorder. Their guidelines were based on a review of all relevant studies, including randomized con-trolled clinical trials. This appendix considered the representation of minorities in all randomized trials conducted in the United States during the most recent 10-year period (1983–1994). Results are presented in Table A–1. Seventeen of these studies represented 16 separate patient populations. Two articles reported on the same subjects, but these subjects are only included once in this review. Of 825 participants, 29 were identified as non-white, and 32 were identified as black. No analyses were conducted to determine if these participants differed from white participants in outcomes. As a result, the treatment guidelines for patients with bipolar disorder developed by the APA do not offer any information on expected outcomes for minority persons.

    The American Psychiatric Association (1997) conducted a similar review to develop guidelines for schizophrenia. Results are presented in Table A–2. Twenty-five randomized clinical trials that occurred in the United States between 1986 and 1997 were included in this analysis. A total of 2,865 participants were included in these 25 studies. Of those participants, 316 were identified as nonwhite, 376 as African American, 40 as Hispanic, and 3 as Asian American. Although several studies had a modest African American sample (39–74), none analyzed results separately for African Americans or presented outcomes specifically for them. As a result, the guidelines developed by the APA to guide treatments for those with schizophrenia do not provide information regarding potentially different outcomes for African Americans or any other ethnic minorities.

    The American Psychiatric Association (2000) conducted a similar review to develop treatment guidelines for major depression. Randomized clinical trials conducted between 1986–1997 were evaluated, with 27 studies included. Results are presented in Table A–3. A total of 3,980 patients were involved. Amoung them, 241 were nonwhite, 150 were African American, and 2 were Asian American. None of the studies analyzed minority participants separately. The one study with a sizeable African American population (N=123) did find similar clinical outcomes as a result of depression care, although there were differences in functional outcomes.

    To examine the inclusion of ethnic minority children in research, this appendix reviewed the randomized trials of interventions for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD) used by a multidisciplinary team assembled by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). These trials were used to develop an evidence-based report on treatment (AHRQ, 1999). Thirty-two studies from 1988 to 1999 were eligible for review. Results are presented in Table 4. These studies evaluated 1,657 children with AD/HD. Of those children, 126 were African American, 55 Hispanic, 4 nonwhite, and 1 each Asian American, Pacific Islander, East Indian, and Asian Indian. With the exception of the recent multisite study sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health, the largest inclusion of minorities in any study was 5. However, in the recent NIMH trial, 115 African Americans and 48 Latinos were included. Although not analyzed separately in this Supplement, further reports analyzing outcomes for the ethnic minorities could still be forthcoming.

    The American Psychological Association recently reviewed empirically validated therapies, namely, those therapies judged by a panel of scientists to be effective, according to explicit criteria for empirical studies (Chambless et al., 1996). Their report states;

    Examining the citations for empirically validated therapies identified in the 1995 task force report, we find not a single study included tests of the efficacy of the treatment for ethnic minority populations. Most investigators did not specify ethnicity of subjects or used only white subects. Out of about 41 studies cited, only 6–7 made any reference to race or ethnicity of subjects. No one used ethnicity as a variable of interest.

    Overall, minorities are not represented in studies that evaluate the impact of interventions for major mental disorders. Furthermore, when minorities are included, rarely are analyses conducted to determine whether the treatments are as effective for them as they are for white populations. Although a great deal is known about efficacy of a wide range of interventions for treating common mental disorders, specific information about the efficacy of these interventions for racial and ethnic minority populations is unavailable.

    References

    Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (1999). Treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Summary, evidence report/technology assessment No. 11 (AHCPR Publication No. 99–E018). Rockville, MD: Author.

    American Psychiatric Association. (1994). Practice guideline for treatment of patients with bipolar disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry, 151 (12th suppl.), 1–36.

    American Psychiatric Association. (1997). Practice guideline for treatment of patients with bipolar disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry, 154 (4th suppl.), 1–63.

    American Psychiatric Association. (2000). Practice guideline for treatment of patients with bipolar disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry, 157 (4th suppl.), 1–45.

    Chambless, D. L., Sanderson, W. C., Shoham, V., Bennett Johnson, S., Pope, K. S., Crits-Christoph, P., Baker, M., Johnson, B., Woody, S. R., Sue, S., Beutler, L., Williams, D. A., & McCurry, S. (1996). An update on empirically validated therapies. The Clinical Psychologist, 49, 5–18.

    Table A-1: Representation of Minorities in Randomized Controlled Trials for Treatment of Bipolar Disorder
    Study
    Sample

    Information on
    ethnicity sample

    Analyses by
    ethnicity
    Dubovsky, Franks, Allen, & Murphy, (1986)
    N = 7
    No
    No
    Giannini, Taraszewski, & Loiselle, (1987)
    N = 20
    All white, male patients
    N/A
    Cohn, Collins, Ashbrook, et al., (1989)
    N = 89
    No
    No
    Gelenberg, Kane, Keller, et al., (1989)
    N = 94
    No mention
    No
    Clarkin, Glick, Haas, et al., (1990)
    N = 50
    35 white
    15 nonwhite
    No
    Gallagher-Thompson, Hanley-Peterson, & Thompson, (1990)
    N = 91
    No
    No
    O'Leary & Beach, (1990)
    N = 36
    couples
    No
    No
    Himmelhoch, Thase, Mallinger, et al., (1991)
    N = 56
    52 white
    4 nonwhite
    No
    Jacobson, Dobson, Fruzzetti, et al., (1991)
    N = 60
    couples
    No
    No
    Pope, McElroy, Keck, et al., (1991)
    N = 36
    No
    No
    Small, Klapper, Milstein, et al., (1991)
    N = 52
    No
    No
    Garza-Treviño, Overall, & Hollister, (1992)
    N = 20
    No
    No
    Lenox, Newhouse, & Creelman, (1992)
    N = 20
    No
    No
    Bowden, Brugger, Swann, et al., (1994)
    N = 179
    127 white
    32 black
    20 other
    No
    Sachs, Lafer, Stoll, et al., (1994)
    N = 15
    No
    No
    Table excludes studies published before 1986.
    Table excludes studies with samples outside United States.

    References

    Bowden, C. L., Brugger, A. M., Swann, A. C., Calabrese, J. R., Janicak, P 6., Petty, F., Dilsaver, S.C., Davis, J. M., Rush, A. J., Small, J. 6., Garza-Trevino, E. S., Risch, S. C., Goodnick, P. J., & Morris, D. D. (1994). Efficacy of divalproex vs lithium and placebo in the treatment of mania. The Depakote Mania Study Group. Journal of the American Medical Association, 27], 918-924.

    Clarkin, J. F., Glick, I. D., Hass, G. L., Spencer, J. H., Lewis, A. B., Peyser, J., DeMane, N., Good-Ellis, M., Harris, E., & Lestelle, V. (1990). A randomized clinical trial of inpatient family intervention. V. Results for affective disorders. Journal of Affective Disorders, 18, 17-28.

    Cohn, J. B., Collins, 6., Ashbrook, E., & Wernicke, J. F. (1989). A comparison of fluoxetine imipramine and placebo in patients with bipolar depressive disorder. International ClinicalPsychopharmacology, 4, 313-322.

    Dubovsky, S. L., Franks, R. D., Allen, S., & Murphy, J. (1986). Calcium antagonists in mania: A double-blind study of verapolmil. Psychiatry Research, 18, 309-320.

    Gallagher-Thompson,D.,  Hanley-Peterson,  P.,& Thompson, L. W. (1990). Maintenance of gains versus relapse following brief psychotherapy for depression. Journal of Consulting Clinical Psychology, 58, 371-374

    Garza-Trevifio, E. S., Overall, J. E., & Hollister, L. E. (1992). Verapamil versus lithium in acute mania. American Journal of Psychiatry, 149, 121-122.

    Gelenberg, A. J., Kane, J. M., Keller, M. B., Lavori, P., Rosenbaum, J. F., Cole, K., & Lavelle, J. (1989). Comparison of standard and low serum levels of lithium for maintenance treatment of bipolar disorder. New England Journal of Medicine, 32], 1489-1493.

    Giannini, A. J., Taraszewski, R., & Loiselle, R. H. (1987). Verapamil and lithium in maintenance therapy of manic patients. Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 27, 980-982.

    Himmelhoch, J. M., Thase, M. E., Mallinger, A. G., & Houck, P. (1991). Tranylcypromine versus imipramine in anergic bipolar depression. American Journal of Psychiatry, 148, 910-916.

    Jacobson, N. S., Dobson, K., Fruzzettii, A. E., Schmaling, K. B., & Salusky, 5. (1991). Marital therapy as a treatment for depression. Journal of Consulting Clinical Psychology, 59, 547-557.

    Lenox, R. H., Newhouse, P. A., Creelman, W. L., & Whitaker, T. M. (1992). Adjunctive treatment of manic agitation with lorazepam versus haloperidol: A double-blind study. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 53, 47-52.

    O'Leary, K. D., Beach, S. R. (1990). Marital Therapy: Available treatment for depression and marital discord. American Journal of Psychiatry, 147, 183-186.

    Pope, H. G., Jr., McElroy, S. L., Keck, P. E., Jr., & Hudson, J. I. (1991). Valproate in the treatment of acute mania: A placebo controlled study. Archives of General Psychiatry 48, 62~8.

    Sachs, G. S., Lafer, B., Stoll, A. L., Banov, M., Thibault, A. B., Tohen, M., & Rosenbaum, J. E (1994). A double-blind trial of bupropion versus desipramine for bipolar depression. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 55, 391-393.

    Small, J. G., Klapper, M. H., Mustein, V., Kellams, J. J., Marhenke, J. D., & Small, I. F. (1991). Carbamazepine compared with lithium in the treatment of mania. Archives of General Psychiatry, 48, 915-921.

    Table A-2 provides the representation of minorities in randomized controlled trials for treatment of schizophrenia.
    Study
    Sample

    Information on
    ethnicity sample

    Analyses by
    ethnicity
    Hogarty, Anderson, Reiss, et al., (1986)
    N = 103
    81% white (n = 83.4)
    No other information
    No
    Carpenter, Heinrichs, & Hanlon, (1987)
    N = 42
    8 white
    34 black
    No
    Claghorn, Honigfeld, & Abuzzahab, (1987)
    N = 151
    No
    No
    Marder, Van Putten, Mintz, et al., (1987)
    N = 66
    32% white (n = 21)
    59% black (n = 39)
    6% Hispanic (n = 4)
    3% other (n = 2)
    No
    Csernansky, Riney, Lombrozo, et al., (1988)
    N = 55
    No
    No
    Hogarty, McEvoy, Munetz, et al., (1988)
    N = 70
    67% white (n = 47)
    No other information
    No
    Kane, Honigfeld, Singer, et al., (1988)
    N = 319
    couples
    65% white (n = 208)
    23% black (n = 74)
    10% Hispanic (n = 31)
    1% Asian (n = 2)
    1% other (n = 4)
    No
    Kramer, Vogel, DiJohnson, et al., (1989)
    N = 58
    No
    No
    Herz, Glazer, Mostert, et al., (1991)
    N = 101
    couples
    56 white
    45 black
    No
    Salzman, Solomon, Miyawaki, et al., (1991)
    N = 60
    No
    No
    Borison, Pathiraja, Diamond, et al., (1992)
    N = 36
    20 white
    15 black
    1 Hispanic
    No
    Eckman, Wirshing, Marder, et al., (1992)
    N = 41
    (40 with ethnic data available)
    14 white
    23 black
    3 Hispanic
    No
    Pickar, Owen, Litman, et al., (1992)
    N = 21
    No
    No
    Breier, Buchanan, Irish, et al., (1993)
    N = 35
    26 white
    9 black
    No
    McEvoy, Borrison, Small, et al., (1993)
    N = 38
    No
    No
    Marder & Meibach, (1994)
    N = 388
    244 white
    144 nonwhite
    No
    Marder, Wirshing, Van Putten, et al., (1994)
    N = 80
    58 nonwhite
    No other information
    No
    Randolph, Eth Glynn, et al., (1994)
    N = 41
    14 white
    19 black
    5 Hispanic
    3 Asian
    No
    DeSisto, Harding, McCormick, et al., (1995)
    N = 269
    No
    No
    Hogarty, McEvoy, Ulrich, et al., (1995)
    N = 128 (trial), same pool of subjects used for 2 subsequent trials
    Trial 1: 74% white (n = 95)
    Trial 2: no information
    Trial 3: 83% white (n = 51)
    No
    Beasley, Tollefson, Tran, et al., (1996)
    N = 335 (299 subjects with race reported)
    *77% white (n = 230)
    23% black (n = 69)
    No
    Drake, McHugo, Becker, et al., (1996)
    N = 143
    95% white (n = 136)
    No other information
    No
    Marder, Wirshing, Mintz, et al., (1996) (different study from Marder 1994 above)
    N = 80
    No
    No
    Schulz, Mack, Zborowski, et al., (1996)
    No sample size reported (brief report of findings from "two large" studies)
    No
    No
    van Kammen, McEvoy, Targum, et al., (1996)
    N = 153 in evaluable data set with demographic information reported (205 randomized)
    58% white (n = 90)
    32% black (n = 49)
    9% other (n = 14)
    No
    *information is approximate (numbers in published table do not add up to total sample size).
    Table excludes studies published before1986.
    Table excludes studies with samples outside United States.

    References

    Beasley, C. M., Jr., Tollefson, G., Tran, P., Satterlee, W., Sanger, T., Hamilton, S., Fabre, L., Small, J., Ereshevsky, L., True, J., Nemeroff, C., Risch, S. C., Perry, P. J., Potkin, S. 6., Borison, R. L., James, S., Meltzewr, H. Y., Ighal, N., Fann, W. E., Gewitt, 6. R., Landbloom, R., Roybyme, P. P, Tudson, V. B., Carman, I.   S., Stokes, P. E., et al. (1996). Olanzapine versus placebo and haloperidol: Acute phase results of the North Americandouble-blind olanzapine trial. Neuropsychopharmacology, 14, 111-123.

    Borison, R. L., Pathiraja, A. P., Diamond, B. I., & Meibach, R. C. (1992). Risperidone: Clinical safety and efficacy in schizophrenia. Psychopharmacological Bulletin, 28, 213-218.

    Breier, A., Buchanan, R. W., Irish, D., & Carpenter, W T., Jr. (1993). Clozapine treatment of outpatients with schizophrenia: Outcome and long-term response patters. Hospital and Community Psychiatry, 44, 1145-1149.

    Carpenter, W. T., Jr., Heinrichs, D. W., & Hanlon, T. E. (1987). A comparative trial of pharmacologic strategies in schizophrenia. American Journal of Psychiatry, 144, 1466-1470.

    Claghorn, J., Honigfeld, 6., Abuzzahab, F. S., Wang, R., Steinbook, R., Tuason, V., & Klerman, 6. (1987). The risks and benefits of clozapine versus chlorpromazine. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 7, 377-384.

    Csernansky, J. 6., Riney, S. J., Lombarozo, L., Overall, J. E., & Hollister, L. E. (1988). Double-blind comparison of alprazolam, diazepam and placebo for the treatment of negative schizophrenic symptoms. Archives of General Psychiatry, 45, 655-659.

    De Sisto, M. J., Harding, C. M., McCormick, R. V., Ashikaga, T., & Brooks, 6. W. (1995). The Maine and Vermont three-decade studies of serious mental illness, I: Matched comparison of cross-sectional outcome. British Journal of Psychiatry, 167, 331-342.

    Drake, R. E., McHugo, 6. J., Becker, D. R., Anthony, W. A., & Clark, R. E. (1996). The New Hampshire study of supported employment for people with severe mental illness. Journal of Consulting Clinical Psychology, 64, 391-399.

    Eckman, T. A., Wirshing, W. C., Marder, S. R., Liberman, R. P, Johnston-Cronk, K., Zimmermann, K., & Mintz, J. (1992). Technique for training schizophrenic patients in illness self-management: A controlled trial. American Journal of Psychiatry, 149,1549-1555.

    Herz, M. I., Glazer, W M., Mostert, M. A., Sheard, M. A., Szymanski, H. V., Hafez, H., Mirza, M., & Vana, J. (1991). Intermittent vs. maintenance medication in schizophrenia: Two-year results. Archives of General Psychiatry, 48, 333-339.

    Hogarty, G.E., Anderson, C. M., Reiss, D. J., Komblith, S. J., Greenwald, D. P, Javna, C. D., & Madonia, M. I. (1986). Family psychoeducation, social skills training, and maintenance chemotherapy in the altercare treatment of schizophrenia, I: One-year effects of a controlled study on relapse and expressed emotion. Archives of General Psychiatry, 43, 633-642.

    Hogarty, G.E., McEvoy, J. P, Munetz, M., DiBarry, A. L., Bartone, P, Cather, R., Cooley, S. J., Ulneb, R. E, Carter, M., & Madonia, M. J. (Environmentallpersonal Indicators in the Course of Schizophrenia Research Group). (1988). Dose of fluphenazine, familial expressed emotion, and outcome in schizophrenia: Results of a two-year controlled study. Archives of General Psychiatry, 45, 797-805.

    Hogarty, G.E., McEvoy, J. P, Ulrich, R. E, DiBarry, A. L., Bartone, P., Cooley, S., Hammill, K., Carter, M., Munetz, M. R., & Perel, J. (1995). Pharmacotherapy of impaired affect in recovering schizophrenic patients. Archives of General Psychiatry, 52, 2941.

    Kane, J., Honigfeld, G., Singer, J., & Meltzer, H. (1988). Clozapine for the treatment-resistant schizophrenic: A double-blind comparison with chorpromazine. Archives of General Psychiatry, 45, 789-796.

    Kramer, M. S., Vogel, W. H., DiJohnson, C., Dewey, D. A., Sheves, P, Cavicchia, S., Little, P, Schmidt, R., & Kimes, I. (1989). Antidepressants in "depressed" schizophrenic inpatients: A controlled trial. Archives of General Psychiatry, 46, 922-928.

    Marder, S. R., & Meibach, R. C. (1994). Risperidone in the treatment of schizophrenia. American Journal of Psychiatry, 151, 825-835.

    Marder, S. R., Van Putten, T., Mintz, J., Lebell, M., McKenzie, J., & May, P R. (1987). Low-and conventional-dose maintenance therapy with fluphenazine decanoate: Two-year outcome. Archives of General Psychiatry, 44, 518-521.

    Marder, S. R., Wirshing, W. C., Mintz, J., McKenzie, J., Johnston, K., Echman, T. A., Lebell, M., Zimmerman, K., & Liberman, R. P. (1996). Two-year outcome of social skills training and group psychotherapy for out­patients with schizophrenia. American Journal of Psychiatry, 153, 1585-1592.

    Marder, S. R., Wirshing, W. C., Van Putten, T., Mintz, J., McKenzie, J., Johnston-Cronk, K., Lebell, M., & Liberman, R. P. (1994). Fluphenazine vs placebo supplementation for prodromal signs of relapse in schizophrenia. Archives of General Psychiatry. 51, 280-287.

    McEvoy, J., Borison, R., Small, J., van Kammen, D., Meltzer, H., Hamner, M., Morris, D., Shu, V., Sebree, T., & Grebb, J. (1993). The efficacy and tolerability of sertindole in schizophrenic patients: A pilot double-blind placebo controlled, dose ranging  study. Schizophrenia Research, 9, 244.

    Pickar, D., Owen, R. R., Litman, R. E., Konicki, E., Gutierrez, R., & Rapoport, M. H. (1992). Clinical and biologic response to clozapine in patients with schizophrenia: Crossover comparison with fluphenazine. Archives of General Psychiatry, 49, 345-353.

    Randolph, E. T., Eth, S., Glynn, S. M., Paz, G. G., Leong, G. B., Shaner, A. L., Strachan, A., Van Vort, W., Escobar, J. I., & Liberman, R. P. (1994). Behavioural family management in schizophrenia: Outcome of a clinic-based intervention. British Journal of Psychiatry, 164, 501-506.

    Salzman, C., Solomon, D., Miyawaki, E., Glassman, R., Rood, L., Flowers, E., & Thayer, 5. (1991). Parenteral lorazepam versus parenteral haloperidol for the control of psychotic disruptive behavior. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 52, 177-180.

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    Table A-3 provides the representation of minorities in randomized controlled trials for treatment of depression.
    Study
    Sample

    Information on
    ethnicity sample

    Analyses by
    ethnicity
    Kocsis, Frances, Voss, et al., (1988)
    N = 76
    No
    No
    Liebowitz, Quitkin, Stewart, et al., (1988)
    N = 119
    No (subject description published in 1984 report)
    No
    Quitkin, Stewart, McGrath, et al., (1988)
    N = 60
    No
    No
    Elkin, Shea, Watkins, et al., (1989)
    N = 239
    212 white
    No other information
    No
    Feighner, Pambakian, Fowler, et al., (1989)
    N = 45
    No
    No
    Frank, Kupfer, Perel, et al., (1990)
    N = 128
    No
    No
    Quitkin, McGrath, Stewart, et al., (1990)
    N = 90(different sample from 1988 study)
    No
    No
    Feighner, Gardner, Johnston, et al., (1991)
    N = 123
    No
    No
    Quitkin, Harrison, Stewart, et al., (1991)
    N = 64
    No
    No
    Kupfer, Frank, Perel, et al., (1992)
    N = 20 (sample drawn from Frank, 1990)
    No
    No
    Shea, Elkin, Imber, et al., (1992)
    N = 239 (same sample as Elkin, et al., 1989)
    No (1989 sample is 212/239 white, no other information)
    No
    Thase, Mallinger, McKnight, et al., (1992)
    N = 16
    14 white
    23 black
    3 Hispanic
    No
    Frank, Kupfer, Perel, et al., (1993)
    N = 20 (sample drawn from Frank, et al., 1990)
    No
    No
    Sackheim, Prudic, Devanand, et al., (1993)
    N = 96
    No
    No
    Cunningham, Borison, Carman, et al., (1994)
    N = 225
    No
    No
    Fontaine, Ontiveros, Elie, et al., (1994)
    N = 180
    No
    No
    Schweizer, Feighner, Mandos, et al., (1994)
    N = 224
    No
    No
    Weisler, Johnston, Lineberry, et al., (1994)
    N = 124
    112 white
    No other information
    No
    Claghorn & Lesem, (1995)
    N = 90
    No
    No
    McElhiney, Moody, Steif, et al., (1995) (investi­gates post-ECT amnesia)
    N = 91
    No
    No
    Mendels, Reimherr, Marcus, et al., (1995)
    N = 240
    214 white
    26 other
    No
    Kelsey, (1996)
    Study 1: N = 60
    Study 2: N = 312
    Study 1: No
    Study 2: No
    Study 1: No
    Study 2: No
    Pande, Birkett, & Fechner-Bates, (1996)
    N = 42
    38 white
    2 African
    2 Asian
    No
    Schulberg, Block, Madonia, et al., (1996)
    N = 276
    153 white
    No other information
    No (study notes significantly more attrition among non-whites in nortriptyline condition)
    Chaudhry, Najam, & Naqvi, (1998)
    N = 100
    No
    No
    Keller, Gelenberg, Hirschfeld, et al., (1998)
    N = 635
    57 white
    25 black
    33 other
    No
    Bright, Baker, & Neimeyer, (1999)
    N = 98
    91 white (93%)
    No other information
    No
    Reynolds, Frank, Perel, et al., (1999)
    N = 187
    174 white (93.1%)
    No other information
    No
    Table excludes studies published before 1986.
    Table excludes studies with samples outside United States.

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    Fontaine, R., Ontiveros, A., Elie, R., Kensler, T. T., Roberts, D. L., Kaplita, S., Ecker, J. A., Faludi, G., & Louis, H. (1994). A double-blind comparison of nefazodone, imipramine, and placebo in major depression. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 55, 23~241.

    Frank, F., Kupfer, D. J., Perel, J. M., Comes, C., & Mallinger, A. G. (1990). Three-year outcomes for maintenance therapies in recurrent depression. Archives of General Psychiatry, 47, 1093-1099.

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    Keller, M. D., Gelenberg, A. J., Hirschfeld, R. M., Rush, A. J., Thase, M. E., Kocsis, J. H., Markowitz, J. C., Fawcett, J. A., Koran, L. M., Klein, D. N., Russell, J. M., Kortistein, S. G., McCullough, J. P., Davis, S. M., & Harrison, W. M. (1998). The treatment of chronic depression, part 2: A double-blind, randomized trial of sertraline and imipramine. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 59, 598-607.

    Kelsey, J. E. (1996). Dose-response relationship with venlafaxine. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 16 (Suppl. 2), 215-285.

    Kocsis, J. H., Frances, A. J., Voss, C. B., Mann, J. J., Mason, B. J., & Sweeney, J. (1988). Imipramine treatment for chronic depression. Archives of General Psychiatry, 45, 253-257.

    Liebowitz, M. R., Quitkin, F M., Stewart, J. W., McGrath, P J., Harrison, W. M., Markowitz, J. S., Rabkin, J. G., Tricamo, F., Goetz, D. M., & Klein, D. G. (1988). Antidepressant specificity in atypical depression. Archives of General Psychiatry, 45, 129-137.

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    Table A-4 provides the representation of minorities in randomized controlled trials for treatment of AD/HD.
    Study
    Sample

    Information on
    ethnicity sample

    Analyses by
    ethnicity
    Fitzpatrick, Klorman, Brumaghim, et al., (1992)
    N = 19 (analyzed)
    No
    No
    Srinivas, Hubbard, Quinn, et al., (1992)
    N = 9
    No
    No
    Borcherding, Keysor, Cooper, et al., (1989)
    N = 18
    No
    No
    Castellanos, Giedd, Elia, et al., (1997)
    N = 22
    16 white
    2 black
    1 Asian
    1 Hispanic
    No
    Efron, Jarman, & Barker, (1997)
    N = 125
    No
    No
    Elia, Borcherding, Rapoport, et al., (1991)
    N = 48
    No
    No
    Matochik, Liebenauer, King, et al., (1994)
    N = 37 (analyzed)(different sample from 1988 study)
    No
    No
    Pelham, Greenslade, Vodde-Hamilton, et al., (1990)
    N = 22
    No
    No
    Rapport, Carlson, Kelly, et al., (1993)
    N = 16
    14 white
    2 black
    No
    Arnold, Kleykamp, Votolato, et al., (1989)
    N = 18 (analyzed)
    No
    No
    Klein & Abikoff, (1997)
    N = 89 (no break down given)
    ?? white
    ?? African American
    ?? Hispanic
    ?? Asian
    No
    MTA Coop Group, (1999)
    N = 579
    351 white
    115 African American
    48 Hispanic
    No
    Levy, Hobbes, (1996)
    N = 10
    No
    No
    Long, Rickert, & Ashcraft, (1993)
    N = 32
    No
    No
    Borden & Brown (1989)
    N = 30
    No
    No
    Brown, Borden, Wynne, et al., (1988)
    N = 71
    No
    No
    Carlson, Pelham, Milich, et al., (1992)
    N = 24
    No
    No
    Hinshaw, Buhrmester, & Heller, (1989)
    N = 24
    17 white
    4 black
    1 Hispanic
    1 Pacific Islander
    1 East Indian
    No
    Pelham, Carlson, Sams, et al., (1993)
    N = 31
    29 white
    2 black
    No
    Solanto, Wender, & Bartell, (1997)
    N = 22
    16 white
    5 Hispanic
    1 Asian Indian
    No
    Biederman, Baldessarini, Wright, et al., (1989) a+b
    N = 73
    69 white
    4 other
    No
    Gualtieri, Keenan, & Chandler, (1991)
    N = 12
    No
    No
    Singer, Brown, Quaskey, et al., (1995)
    N = 37 (34 completed)
    33 white
    1 black
    No
    Wilens, Biederman, Prince, et al., (1996)
    N = 43
    No
    No
    Gualtieri & Evans, (1988)
    N = 9
    No
    No
    Kupietz, Winsberg, Richardson, et al., (1988)
    N = 58
    No
    No
    Schachar, Tannock, Cunningham, et al., (1997)
    N = 91
    No
    No
    Gillberg, Melander, von Knorring, et al., (1997)
    N = 62
    No
    No
    Fehlings, Roberts, Humphries, et al., (1991)
    N = 26
    No
    No
    Linden, Habib, & Radojevic, (1996)
    N = 18
    No
    No

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    1 This Appendix was prepared by the Senior Scientific Editor for this Supplement.



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