Topic: Joseph Biederman

I think this question has been asked for as long as there has been mental illnesses, whether child or adult. The same New York Times article referenced above also reported that investigations by U.S. Senator Charles Grassley (of the Senate Finance ...

Girls with ADHD show other mental health risks

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Girls with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder are more likely than their peers to develop depression, anxiety, eating disorders or other psychiatric problems by the time they reach adulthood, a new study suggests."Some people might become alarmed by the ...

Bipolar diagnosis jumps in young children: study

BOSTON (Reuters) - The number of children aged 2 to 5 who have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and prescribed powerful antipsychotic drugs has doubled over the past decade, according to research released on Friday.The research suggests that while it is still ...

described some court papers

Court documents are coming to light that suggest Harvard psychiatrist Joseph Biederman told Johnson Johnson, before certain trials of its drugs were started, that he expected positive results.. Biederman is one of a number of prominent doctors targeted by Sen. Chuck Grassley ...

Protocol Breach Reported in Biederman Study of Preschoolers

A 2005 study from Harvard psychiatrists testing the use of powerful antipsychotics in preschoolers was beset by breaches of research protocol, according to a letter from a committee monitoring the experiment.. Earlier today, we described some court papers that suggested Biederman told ...

Court Papers: Biederman Told J&J Study Results Would Be Positive

Court documents are coming to light that suggest Harvard psychiatrist Joseph Biederman told Johnson Johnson, before certain trials of its drugs were started, that he expected positive results.. Biederman is one of a number of prominent doctors targeted by Sen. Chuck Grassley ...

J&J Backed Child Psychiatry Institute to Support Risperdal Sales

Harvard child psychiatrist Joseph Biederman and and his ties to the drug industry are back in the news today. The New York Times and the Journal are reporting that documents released as part of litigation show that Johnson Johnson, maker of antipsychotic ...

Harvard Psychiatrist Biederman Stops Industry-Funded Work Amid Probe

Controversial Harvard psychiatrist Joseph Biederman has agreed to stop working on clinical trials funded by industry until Massachusetts General Hospital finishes looking into allegations that he didn't adequately report the funding he has received from drugmakers.. Biederman is also taking fire ...

Savoir Unfair

The principal product in question, Ritalin, was in the late 1990s given to around 4,500 children, approximately 0.03% of children in all of France (similar to the U.K.). Now it appears that another drug widely prescribed to youngsters, Risperdal ...

Harvard Psychiatrists Under Fire for Drug-Company Funding

A controversial Harvard psychiatrist whose research and recommendations have paved the way for the wide use of antipsychotic drugs in kids has received more than $1.6 million in consulting fees from drugmakers since 2000, and he failed to properly disclose much ...