all by itself…

Posted on Sunday 23 March 2014

When I saw this, being a chronic follower of Dr. Nemeroff’s doings, I clicked on the link. It’s a topic he talks about a lot. There was no Abstract or Article posted on this side of a paywall…
by Charles B. Nemeroff and Elisabeth Binder
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2014 53:395-397.
but there was this:
Disclosure:
  • Dr. Nemeroff has received research/grant support from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
  • He has served as a consultant to Xhale, Takeda, SK Pharma, Shire, Roche, Eli Lilly and Co., Allergan, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma, Development America, Taisho Pharmaceutical Inc., and Lundbeck.
  • He has held stock in CeNeRx BioPharma, PharmaNeuroBoost, Revaax Pharma, Xhale, Celgene, and Seattle Genetics. He has served on the advisory boards of American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), CeNeRx BioPharma, National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD), Xhale, PharmaNeuroBoost, Anxiety Disorders Association of America (ADAA), and Skyland Trail.
  • He has served on the Board of Directors of AFSP, NovaDel, Skyland Trail, Gratitude America, and ADAA.
  • He has received income sources or equity from PharmaNeuroBoost, CeNeRx BioPharma, NovaDel Pharma, Reevax Pharma, American Psychiatric Publishing, and Xhale.
  • He holds patents in Method and devices for transdermal delivery of lithium (US 6,375,990B1) and Method of assessing antidepressant drug therapy via transport inhibition of monoamine neurotransmitters by ex vivo assay (US 7,148,027B2).
  • He has received honoraria from the Florida Council for Community Mental Health, the Las Vegas Psychiatric Society, the World Psychiatric Association, the Saudi Psychiatric Association, the Kenes MP Asia, the American Physician Institute for Advanced Professional Studies, Asociacion de Psiquiatras de la Region de Bayamon, Florida Partners in Crisis, Global Technology Community, LLC, the International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology, CPO Hanser Service, 1er Congreso de la Sociedad Internacional de Trastornos Bipolares, Venezuela, APA/Egyptian Psychiatric Association, YPO Partners Forum, Lieber Institute, Inc., Nevada Psychiatric Association, the University of New Mexico, World Congress of Biological Psychiatry, the University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston Grand Rounds, the Volkswagen Foundation/Herrenhausen Conference, Rush University Grand Rounds, 5th International Cardio Event 2013, CCM International Saudi Arabia/APA Meetings, CME Outfitters, CINP World Congress, the Medical University of South Carolina, Harvard Medical School/Psychopharmacology: A Master Class, the Florida Psychiatric Association, the International Society for Bipolar Disorders, 16th Annual Laura Evans Memorial Breast Cancer Symposium, Delaware State University, the University of North Carolina, New York University, NARSAD/the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, the University of Chicago, King’s College, Beth Israel Deaconess, Wright State University, the University of Texas Medical Branch, Physicians Practice Group, Augusta, GA, Londocor Event Management – South African Biological Psychiatry Congress Education SPA, Psychiatric Foundation of North Carolina, Colombian Psychiatric Association Meeting, the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, Scuola Superiore di Neuroscienze – Neuroscience School of Advanced Studies, American Psychiatric Publishing, 20th National Congress on Child Maltreatment, Bogota, Colombia, Lundbeck, Max Planck Institute, Medical Education Speaker Network, and Guarant International.
  • He has received royalties from the American Psychiatric Association, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., The Authors Registry, Elsevier, Oxford University Press, and Cambridge University Press.
  • He has served as an expert witness and/or legal advice consultant to Edward Health Services Corporation, Penn and Seaborn, LLC, Schochor, Federico, and Staton, PA, Great Northern Insurance Agency, Douberly and Cicero, Sotolongo, PA, and Kirby Johnson, PC.
I can’t think of anything to say that it doesn’t say all by itself…
  1.  
    Bernard Carroll
    March 24, 2014 | 1:31 AM
     

    When he hired Nemeroff back in 2009, Dean and Senior Vice President of the Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine at University of Miami Pascal Goldschmidt said, “There will be particular scrutiny of his activities to protect him and the institution and to make sure there is no bias in his work.” Way to go, Pascal!

  2.  
    wiley
    March 24, 2014 | 8:21 AM
     

    He doesn’t have to say much more; who is it that’s being the most deaf and should be listening the most?

    Besides potential victims of Nemeroff’s?

  3.  
    Steve Lucas
    March 24, 2014 | 8:28 AM
     

    “Elucidating” there is a word in common use today. In a time when there is so much abuse of children and young adults I find this attitude, combined with the conflicts, to be rather pretentious.

    Steve Lucas

  4.  
    March 24, 2014 | 3:00 PM
     

    Obviously Dr. Nemeroff is a leader of his profession. Why else would so many companies and organizations want his opinion?

  5.  
    March 26, 2014 | 1:53 PM
     

    I am a survivor of childhood abuse who was borderlined for rejecting psychiatric treatment, and I’m battling nausea right now.

    “Conclusions:
    This study suggests that epigenetic changes in ID3, GRIN1, and TPPP genes, in combination with experiences of maltreatment, may confer risk for depression in children. The study adds to a growing body of literature supporting a role for epigenetic mechanisms in the pathophysiology of stress-related psychiatric disorders. Although epigenetic changes are frequently long lasting, they are not necessarily permanent. Consequently, interventions to reverse the negative biological and behavioral sequelae associated with child maltreatment are briefly discussed.”

  6.  
    wiley
    March 26, 2014 | 2:19 PM
     

    Ingrid, you might want to read this:

    http://www.psmag.com/navigation/health-and-behavior/the-social-life-of-genes-64616/

    Having one adult a child can trust in their lives can immunize them from a lot of the effects of abuse.

  7.  
    March 26, 2014 | 4:53 PM
     

    wiley, thank you so much for the link. I have printed it out for more careful reading. This might fit perfectly into something I’m writing now.

    I was lucky and had many adult friends as I was growing up. Here is the story of Soldier:

    “Someone who had seen me” was an important factor when I first began to allow memories and emotions from old harm to thaw, more than a quarter century ago. In that scary and chaotic period, when I deep down inside knew that I was going to drown and die, Soldier said something in a dream:
    «One cannot sink who is a boat.»

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