Richard R. Owen

Federal Grant PI High Impact

Researcher

UAMS primary University of Arkansas

Also affiliated: Our Lady of the Lake University (2011); Western University (2015); Alliant University (2013); Harvard University (1989); University of Louisville (2018); University of Washington (2004); Washington University in St. Louis (2014); VA Palo Alto Health Care System (2013); University of Utah (2004); University of Arkansas Medical Center (2009); Veterans Health Administration (1996–1999); London Health Sciences Centre (2015); McLean Hospital (1989); Churchill Hospital (2025); University of Oxford (2025); Health Services Research & Development (1998–2011); MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL (1984); VA Puget Sound Health Care System (2004); Singapore Maritime Institute (2001); Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System (1996–2025); National Center for PTSD (2013); St. Louis VA Medical Center (2014); Valley Medical Center (1981); White River Junction VA Medical Center (2010); Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Centers (2003–2010); Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center (2010); Twin Cities Spine Center (1981); Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (2003–2012); Philadelphia VA Medical Center (2013); Coatesville Veterans Affairs Medical Center (2013); Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust (2021–2025); National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (2003); National Institute of Mental Health (1989–1993); Arkansas Department of Health (1996); Saint Louis University (2014); Drexel University (2013); Cranfield University (2015)

Faculty Researcher

37 h-index 144 pubs 4,102 cited

Research Areas

Biomedical Subjects

Links

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OverviewAI-generated summary

Richard R. Owen's research focuses on mental health interventions, particularly for high-risk psychiatric inpatients and veterans. He has investigated the effectiveness of intensive postdischarge suicide prevention interventions, including the design of a multicenter randomized controlled trial known as the Veterans Coordinated Community Care Study. His work also examines the transition of implementation research interventions into sustained clinical services, such as telehealth primary care mental health integration within the Veterans Health Administration.

Additional areas of his research include the association of thyroid function with suicidal behavior, for which he conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis. He also studies the frequency and determinants of levothyroxine therapy initiation for veterans with subclinical hypothyroidism and the discontinuation of such therapy in a pilot randomized clinical trial. Owen has explored the relationship between perceived mental health access barriers and veteran-reported trust, and has examined emergency department care quality for veterans seeking treatment for suicide outside of VA facilities.

Owen holds an h-index of 37, with 144 total publications and 4,090 total citations. He is identified as a high-impact researcher due to his highly cited work. Key collaborators at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences include Spyridoula Maraka, Hooman Motahari, Soumya Thumma, and Sabah Syed.

Metrics

h-index: 37
Publications: 144
Citations: 4,102

Selected Publications

Precision Medicine for Suicide Prevention (2025)

The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Discontinuation of levothyroxine therapy in patients with subclinical hypothyroidism: a pilot randomized clinical trial (2025)

Endocrine 7 citations DOI OpenAlex
Design of a multicenter randomized controlled trial of a post‐discharge suicide prevention intervention for high‐risk psychiatric inpatients: The Veterans Coordinated Community Care Study (2024)

International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
Frequency and Determinants of Levothyroxine Therapy Initiation for Veterans with Subclinical Hypothyroidism (2024)

Journal of Clinical Medicine 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
THU664 Discontinuation Of Low-dose Levothyroxine Therapy For Patients With Subclinical Hypothyroidism Is Feasible: A Pilot, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Trial (2023)

Journal of the Endocrine Society DOI OpenAlex
Evaluation of a Model to Target High-risk Psychiatric Inpatients for an Intensive Postdischarge Suicide Prevention Intervention (2023)

JAMA Psychiatry 42 citations DOI OpenAlex
Association of Thyroid Function with Suicidal Behavior: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2021)

Medicina 43 citations DOI OpenAlex
Association of Thyroid Function with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2020)

Endocrine Practice 23 citations DOI OpenAlex
Targeting stigma of mental illness among primary care providers: Findings from a pilot feasibility study (2019)

Psychiatry Research 35 citations DOI OpenAlex
Using implementation facilitation to implement primary care mental health integration via clinical video telehealth in rural clinics: protocol for a hybrid type 2 cluster randomized stepped-wedge design (2019)

Implementation Science 21 citations DOI OpenAlex
Medical Licensure Questions About Mental Illness and Compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act. (2018)

PubMed 33 citations DOI OpenAlex
A Patient-Centered Antipsychotic Medication Adherence Intervention (2017)

The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
Analysis of the Appropriateness of Off‐Label Antipsychotic Use for Mental Health Indications in a Veteran Population (2017)

Pharmacotherapy The Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug Therapy 15 citations DOI OpenAlex
Implementation Science Supports Core Clinical Competencies (2016)

The Primary Care Companion For CNS Disorders 17 citations DOI OpenAlex
Sex Differences in Weight Loss among Veterans with Serious Mental Illness: Observational Study of a National Weight Management Program (2016)

Women s Health Issues 12 citations DOI OpenAlex