title: Response to Ruan et al. Letter to the Editor: Increased Risk of Depression Recurrence After Initiation of Prescription Opioids in Noncancer Pain Patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Community Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri; Research Service, Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital, Columbia, Missouri; Saint Louis University Center for Outcomes Research, St. Louis, Missouri. Electronic address: scherrjf@slu.edu.
authors.forename: Jeffrey F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Scherrer
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Community Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri; Research Service, Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital, Columbia, Missouri.
authors.forename: Joanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Salas
authors.affiliation: Center for Applied Health Research, Baylor Scott & White Health, and Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, Temple, Texas; Texas A&M Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas; UT Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas.
authors.forename: Laurel A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Copeland
authors.affiliation: Center for Applied Health Research, Baylor Scott & White Health, and Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, Temple, Texas; Texas A&M Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas.
authors.forename: Eileen M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Stock
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Community Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
authors.forename: F David
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sullivan
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
authors.forename: Kathleen K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Bucholz
authors.affiliation: Saint Louis University Center for Outcomes Research, St. Louis, Missouri.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Burroughs
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri; The Bell Street Clinic, VA St. Louis Health Care System - John Cochran Division, St. Louis, Missouri.
authors.forename: Patrick J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Lustman
mesh_terms: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D059350:Chronic Pain; D003863:Depression; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain; D012008:Recurrence
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid