… it keeps turning up like a bad penny The Internet tells me that this phrase comes from 18th century England [when a penny was serious money]. Pennies were frequently counterfeited in those times. So if if one turned up in one’s purse, it was spent quickly. There were so many in circulation that you […]
I have finally tired of writing about Biederman as if he’s a force to reckon with. You know what I think about him and his science. You probably think something similar yourself. But I’m not tired of discussing childhood bipolar illness au Biederman. What is wrong with the kids that he wants to gather under […]
Think I’ve run out of things to say about Biederman and the child bipolar disorder story? Not yet, but I’m getting there. In May 2010, The New England Journal published a piece by Erik Parens, Pediatric Mental Health Care Dysfunction Disorder? ABSTRACT: Insofar as children who have outbursts frequent and severe enough to warrant this […]
"Well, there must be two sides to every story…" sung by Willie Nelson and Dyan Cannon in the movie Honeysuckle Rose. One way to solve a difficult problem is to call together the best and brightest and let them have at it, create a think-tank of sorts. A gathering of the minds is a time-honored […]
I know I’m bouncing around a lot, but it’s all a reaction to Harvard finally acting on their investigation of Dr. Joseph Biederman [bipolar kids: harvard acts…] which, in turn, brought up the bipolar child story. So for the last several weeks, I’ve been preoccupied with Dr. Biederman’s pet topic – bipolar disorder in children. […]
Now, about those Guidelines Senator Grassley was referring to when talking about with Dr. Melissa Delbello‘s inconclusive study [big money for a freshman…]: What Conflict? The NIH And A Bucket Of Money Pharmalot By Ed Silverman April 8th, 2008 In his quest to peel back the curtain on the interplay between pharma and docs, Chuck […]
While Harvard’s recent action has focused our attention on Joseph Biederman, he was only one of the many academic psychiatrists spotlighted by Senator Grassley and investigator Paul Thacker in their 2008 probe of financial Conflicts of Interest and undeclared pharmaceutical income. The list was long: Dr. Charles Nemeroff, Dr. Joseph Biederman, Dr. Melissa DelBello, Dr. […]
Back in 2008 when Senator Grassley began his investigations of the pharmaceutical industry connections of a group of high profile academic psychiatrists, Dr. Barbara Martin’s blog, Pathophilia, was speculating about what focused the Senator’s investigation on Dr. Biederman: Grassley’s Winding Road to Biederman et al Pathoplilia by Dr. Barbara Martin June 11, 2008 …it remains unclear […]
I’ve been reading the various reports about the Harvard/Biederman story. There’s a common jouralistic device in the reporting: 3 Harvard Doctors Punished for Conflict of Interest Harvard University’s medical school and Massachusetts General Hospital have punished three professors – including Joseph Biederman, an influential child psychiatrist – for conflicts of interest, The Boston Globe reported. […]
I admitted up front that I’m an adult psychiatrist and have no real inside track on bipolar disorder in children from clinical experience. I also thought that the COBY study had enough Bipolar I cases to suggest to me that Bipolar Illness can begin in adolescence or even childhood [bipolar kids: COBY [Course and Outcome […]