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|Title=Misrepresenting the characteristics of research participants in psychiatric studies
 
|Title=Misrepresenting the characteristics of research participants in psychiatric studies
|Is About=In studies of anorexia, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Alexander Neumeister misrepresented the characteristics of his research subjects. Not only did he combine data from multiple research participants to construct  fake participants, he instructed his staff to change, omit, or ignore clinical and psychiatric assessment data contained in electronic and/or written research records.<ref>https://www.madinamerica.com/2019/12/psychiatrist-engaged-research-misconduct-says-govt-watchdog/</ref> This is a factual case.
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|Is About=This factual case is about various instances of scientific misconduct by a psychiatrist. The scientific misconduct ranges from stealing research funds from the government for personal use to the fabrication of data. The psychiatrist is now banned from research funding for two years and must correct or retract four of his previously published papers. <br />
 
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|Important Because=This case highlights many different ways in which clinical data and patient records can be manipulated to generate fake results.
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|Important Because=Data fabrication in clinical trials endangers the health of both current participants and future patients that will be treated with the drug if it is ‘proven’ efficacious. In addition, data fabrication lowers public trust in science. Moreover, data fabrication and stealing of funding money for personal use may lead to the waste of precious research funding budgets on unscientific research.
 
|Important For=Researchers
 
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|Has Timepoint=31-12-2019
 
|Has Timepoint=31-12-2019
 
|Has Location=USA; United States
 
|Has Location=USA; United States
|Has Virtue And Value=Honesty; Respect
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|Has Virtue And Value=Honesty; Respect; Transparency; Integrity
 
|Has Good Practice And Misconduct=Grant applications
 
|Has Good Practice And Misconduct=Grant applications
 
|Related To Research Area=Clinical medicine
 
|Related To Research Area=Clinical medicine
 
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Latest revision as of 18:13, 28 June 2021

Cases

Misrepresenting the characteristics of research participants in psychiatric studies

What is this about?

This factual case is about various instances of scientific misconduct by a psychiatrist. The scientific misconduct ranges from stealing research funds from the government for personal use to the fabrication of data. The psychiatrist is now banned from research funding for two years and must correct or retract four of his previously published papers.

Why is this important?

Data fabrication in clinical trials endangers the health of both current participants and future patients that will be treated with the drug if it is ‘proven’ efficacious. In addition, data fabrication lowers public trust in science. Moreover, data fabrication and stealing of funding money for personal use may lead to the waste of precious research funding budgets on unscientific research.

For whom is this important?

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Good Practices & Misconduct
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