Your Child Does Not Have Bipolar Disorder

(Psychology Today) On July 2, 2011, the Harvard Crimson reported that nationally known child psychiatrists Joseph Biederman, M.D., Timothy Wilens, M.D., and Thomas Spencer, M.D. were found to have violated conflict of interest policies of Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts General Hospital. They had failed to report all of the income they earned from pharmaceutical companies to Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital. From 2000 to 2007, Dr. Biederman earned at least 1.6 million dollars but only reported 200,000 dollars according to the New York Times. This concluded a three year investigation recommended by Senator Charles Grassley (R), Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. Two of the professors, Joseph Biederman, M.D. and Timothy Wilens, M.D., were leading investigators and advocates for the diagnosis and treatment of bipolar disorder in children and adolescents. The third, Thomas J. Spencer, M.D., found to have violated university and hospital policies, confines his research largely to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
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