Positions: 
  Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
  Psychiatrist, Central Arkansas VA

Dr. Edlund obtained an MA in Economics, a PhD in Health Services Organization and Policy, and an MD from the University of Michigan. For his dissertation, Dr. Edlund worked with Ron Kessler, PhD, using data from the National Comorbidity Study. The work resulted in 5 papers; addressing access to mental health care, treatment utilization, and dropout from treatment.

Dr. Edlund went to UCLA for his residency, and he stayed there to complete a psychiatry research fellowship - under the direction of Ken Wells, MD, MPH. Before leaving UCLA and coming to DHSR in 2002, Dr. Edlund received the 21st Century Prize (for the best psychiatry resident paper at UCLA) and a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for his project: Geographic Variation in Alcohol, Drug, and Mental Health Services Utilization: What is the Role of Physician Practice Patterns? 

His primary interest is in improving mental health care in primary care settings.