Prepared for:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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Rockville, MD 20850

http://www.ahrq.gov/

Contract No. 290-02-0021

Prepared by:

University of Ottawa Evidence-based Practice Center at The University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

Investigators

Howard M Schachter PhD

Kader Kourad MD, PhD

Zul Merali PhD

Andrew Lumb BA

Khai Tran PhD

Maia Miguelez PhD

Gabriela Lewin MD

Margaret Sampson MLIS

Nick Barrowman PhD

Hope Senechal BSc

Candice McGahern HRA

Li Zhang BSc

Andra Morrison BSc

Jakov Shlik MD PhD

Yi Pan MSc

Elizabeth C Lowcock BScH

Isabelle Gaboury MSc

Jacques Bradwejn MD

Anne Duffy MD

AHRQ Publication No. 05-E022-2

July 2005

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Suggested Citation:

Schachter H, Kourad K, Merali Z, Lumb A, Tran K, Miguelez M, et al. Effects of Omega-3 Fatty Acids on Mental Health. Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 116. (Prepared by the University of Ottawa Evidence-based Practice Center, Under Contract No. 290-02-0021.) AHRQ Publication No. 05-E022-2. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. July 2005.