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The outcomes of litigation and Congressional hearings show that Joseph Biederman worked closely with corporate benefactors to expand the use of antipsychotics. He researched bipolar disorder in children, helped expand practice standards, leading to a fortyfold increase in such diagnoses between 1994 and 2003, according to the ''[[Archives of General Psychiatry]]''.<ref name=bied2010/> |
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| ⚫ | In 2008, Congress investigated charges that Biederman earned consulting fees of at least $1.6 million dollars over eight years from pharmaceutical companies, but did not report much of this income to university officials.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/us/08conflict.html | title = Researchers Fail to Reveal Full Drug Pay | publisher = ''[[New York Times]]'' | last = Harris | first = Gardiner | coauthors = Benedict Carey | date = 2008-06-08| accessdate =2008-12-04}}</ref> In 2011, [[Massachusetts General Hospital]] and [[Harvard Medical School]] disciplined three psychiatrists, including Biederman, for violating conflict of interest polices.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.bizjournals.com/mobile/boston/news/2011/07/01/mass-general-punishes-three.html | title=Mass. General disciplines three psychiatrists}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2011/7/2/school-medical-harvard-investigation/ |title=Three Professors Face Sanctions Following Harvard Medical School Inquiry}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | In 2008, Congress investigated charges that Biederman earned consulting fees of at least $1.6 million dollars over eight years from pharmaceutical companies, but did not report much of this income to university officials.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/us/08conflict.html | title = Researchers Fail to Reveal Full Drug Pay | publisher = ''[[New York Times]]'' | last = Harris | first = Gardiner | coauthors = Benedict Carey | date = 2008-06-08| accessdate =2008-12-04}}</ref> In 2011, [[Massachusetts General Hospital]] and [[Harvard Medical School]] disciplined three psychiatrists, including Biederman, for violating conflict of interest polices.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.bizjournals.com/mobile/boston/news/2011/07/01/mass-general-punishes-three.html | title=Mass. General disciplines three psychiatrists}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2011/7/2/school-medical-harvard-investigation/ |title=Three Professors Face Sanctions Following Harvard Medical School Inquiry}}</ref><ref name=bied2010/> |
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[[Johnson & Johnson]] gave more than $700,000 to a research center that was headed by Biederman from 2002 to 2005, and some of its work supported [[Risperdal]], the company’s antipsychotic drug.<ref name=bied2010>{{cite web |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/03/business/03psych.html?_r=3&hp=&pagewanted=all |title=Side Effects May Include Lawsuits |author=Duff Wilson |date=October 2, 2010 |work=New York Times }}</ref> |
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Revision as of 14:31, 4 July 2012
Joseph Biederman is Chief of the Clinical and Research Programs in Pediatric Psychopharmacology and Adult ADHD at the Massachusetts General Hospital, and Professor of Psychiatry at the Harvard Medical School. Biederman is Board Certified in General and Child Psychiatry.
Awards and honors
Biederman received the American Psychiatric Association’s Blanche Ittelson Award for Excellence in Child Psychiatric Research, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry’s Charlotte Norbert Rieger Award for Scientific Achievement. He has been inducted into the CHADD “Hall of Fame”.[1]
In 2007, Biederman was ranked as the second highest producer of high-impact papers in psychiatry overall throughout the world with 235 papers cited a total of 7048 times over the past 10 years as determined by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI).[2] The same organization ranked Biederman at #1 in terms of total citations to his papers published on ADD/ADHD in the past decade.[3]
Biederman was the recipient of the 1998 NAMI Exemplary Psychiatrist award. He was also selected by the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society Awards committee as the recipient of the 2007 Outstanding Psychiatrist Award for Research. In 2007, Biederman received the Excellence in Research Award from the New England Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He was also awarded the Mentorship Award from the Department of Psychiatry at the Massachusetts General Hospital.
Conflict of interest investigations
The outcomes of litigation and Congressional hearings show that Joseph Biederman worked closely with corporate benefactors to expand the use of antipsychotics. He researched bipolar disorder in children, helped expand practice standards, leading to a fortyfold increase in such diagnoses between 1994 and 2003, according to the Archives of General Psychiatry.[4]
In 2008, Congress investigated charges that Biederman earned consulting fees of at least $1.6 million dollars over eight years from pharmaceutical companies, but did not report much of this income to university officials.[5] In 2011, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School disciplined three psychiatrists, including Biederman, for violating conflict of interest polices.[6][7][4]
Johnson & Johnson gave more than $700,000 to a research center that was headed by Biederman from 2002 to 2005, and some of its work supported Risperdal, the company’s antipsychotic drug.[4]
References
- ^ http://chadd.org/
- ^ http://in-cites.com/top/2007/second07-psy.html
- ^ http://www.esi-topics.com/add/interviews/JosephBiederman.html
- ^ a b c Duff Wilson (October 2, 2010). "Side Effects May Include Lawsuits". New York Times.
- ^ Harris, Gardiner (2008-06-08). "Researchers Fail to Reveal Full Drug Pay". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-12-04.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help); Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ "Mass. General disciplines three psychiatrists".
- ^ "Three Professors Face Sanctions Following Harvard Medical School Inquiry".
External links
- About Pediatric Psychopharmacology (Mass. General Webpage, includes bio of Biederman)
- Frontline, The Medicated Child (transcript)