GianniLFaeddaMD

Psychiatry • New York, NY

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychopharmacology, Integrative Psychiatry

Director, The Mood Disorders Center of New York.

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2 W 46th St
Ste 511
New York, NY 10036
Phone+1 212-644-3111

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Summary

Dr. Faedda is a clinical psychopharmacologist specializing in Mood and Psychotic Disorders.
In 1991 he founded the Lucio Bini Mood Disorders Center of New York, an outpatient clinic specializing in anxiety and mood disorders in adolescents and young adults. Dr. Faedda has investigated the outcome of lithium discontinuation in adults with bipolar disorders, as well as the onset of bipolar disorder in youths, often with psychotic symptom.
He participated in the McLean First Psychosis Study and the characterization and treatment of mixed states. He studied the effects of treatment on the course of bipolar disorders, treatment –refractory depression and dual-diagnosis. He has participated in NIMH-funded research in actigraphy-derived biomarkers for the differential diagnosis of childhood psychiatric disorders, and participated in longitudinal studies on the course and outcome of psychotic disorders in young adults.
As a Principal Investigator in several Clinical Trials testing the safety and efficacy of antidepressants, antipsychotics, as well as novel treatments for Tourette's Syndrome, ADHD and Depression in children and Adolescents.
Dr. Faedda has been involved in defining the psychiatric phenotype of patients with Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome, and has authored over 70 peer-reviewed journal articles, several book chapters.
His book, “Parenting a Bipolar Child” with Dr. Nancy B. Austin, was published in 2005. Dr. Faedda received the APA-Dista Award in 1991 and 1992, and co-chaired the International Society for Bipolar Disorder’s Taskforce on: ‘Prodromes of Bipolar Disorders’. Areas of interest include child and adolescents’ mood, attention-deficit, anxiety and psychotic disorders. http://moodcenter.org/

Clinical Expertise

Learning disorders, Bipolar disorders , Clinical Trials, CNS Drug development, adult and pediatric

Education & Training

NYU Grossman School of MedicineFellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2011 - 2013
Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean HospitalResidency, Psychiatry, 1988 - 1992
OtherClass of 1985

Certifications & Licensure

NY State Medical License 1994 - 2024
MA State Medical License 1988 - 1992
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

APA-DISTA Resident Research Award American Psychiatric Association, 1991-1992

Clinical Trials

Does Statin Initiation Undermine Dietary Behavior? Start of enrollment: 2005 Feb 01
Completed
Pediatric Schizophrenia Efficacy and Safety Study Start of enrollment: 2013 Aug 01
Completed
Phase 3
Efficacy and Safety Trial of Flexible Doses of Oral Ziprasidone in Children and Adolescents With Bipolar I Disorder Start of enrollment: 2014 May 23
Terminated
Phase 3
Preventing Amputations by Tailored Risk-based Intervention to Optimize Therapy Start of enrollment: 2015 Aug 24
Completed
Not Applicable
Vortioxetine, 5, 10, and 20 mg, Relapse Prevention Study in Adults With Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) Start of enrollment: 2015 Feb 10
Completed
Phase 4
Safety and Efficacy of Vilazodone in Pediatric Patients With Major Depressive Disorder (VLZ-MD-22) Start of enrollment: 2015 Feb 28
Completed
Phase 3
Safety and Efficacy of Levomilnacipran ER in Adolescent Participants With Major Depressive Disorder Start of enrollment: 2015 Jun 23
Completed
Phase 3
A Study of Vilazodone in Pediatric Patients With Major Depressive Disorder Start of enrollment: 2015 May 02
Completed
Phase 3
Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of AVP-786 for the Treatment of Agitation in Patients With Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type Start of enrollment: 2015 Jul 23
Completed
Phase 3
Long Term, Extension Study of the Safety and Efficacy of AVP-786 for the Treatment of Agitation in Patients With Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type Start of enrollment: 2015 Dec 01
Recruiting
Phase 3
Safety and Tolerability Study of SPD489 in Preschool Children Aged 4-5 Years, Diagnosed With Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Start of enrollment: 2015 Aug 21
Completed
Phase 3
Safety and Efficacy Study of ALZT-OP1 in Subjects With Evidence of Early Alzheimer's Disease Start of enrollment: 2015 Sep 15
Completed
Phase 3
SUVN-502 With Donepezil and Memantine for the Treatment of Moderate Alzheimer's Disease- Phase 2a Study Start of enrollment: 2015 Sep 01
Completed
Phase 2
Safety and Efficacy Study of NBI-98854 in Adults With Tourette Syndrome Start of enrollment: 2015 Nov 01
Completed
Phase 2
Safety and Efficacy of Piromelatine in Mild Alzheimer's Disease Patients (ReCOGNITION) Start of enrollment: 2015 Nov 01
Completed
Phase 2
Study of the Efficacy of a Fixed-dose Regimen of Cariprazine Compared to Placebo for Treatment of the Depressive Episode in Participants With Bipolar I Disorder Start of enrollment: 2016 Mar 31
Completed
Phase 3
Safety and Efficacy Study of NBI-98854 in Children and Adolescents With Tourette Syndrome Start of enrollment: 2016 Mar 23
Completed
Phase 2
Dasotraline Binge Eating Disorder Extension Study Start of enrollment: 2016 Feb 29
Completed
Phase 3
Safety and Tolerability Study of NBI-98854 for the Treatment of Subjects With Tourette Syndrome Start of enrollment: 2016 Jul 25
Completed
Phase 2
A Study of Rapastinel as Adjunctive Therapy in Major Depressive Disorder (RAP-MD-03) Start of enrollment: 2016 Nov 02
Completed
Phase 3
A Study of Rapastinel as Adjunctive Therapy in the Prevention of Relapse in Patients With Major Depressive Disorder Start of enrollment: 2016 Nov 13
Completed
Phase 3
Long-term Safety Study of Rapastinel as Adjunctive Therapy in Patients With Major Depressive Disorder Start of enrollment: 2017 Feb 03
Completed
Phase 3
Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Adjunctive Pimavanserin in Major Depressive Disorder (CLARITY) Start of enrollment: 2016 Dec 01
Completed
Phase 2
Safety and Efficacy Study in Preschool Children Aged 4-5 Years With Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Start of enrollment: 2017 Sep 06
Completed
Phase 3
Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of NBI-98854 for the Treatment of Pediatric Subjects With Tourette Syndrome Start of enrollment: 2017 Oct 05
Completed
Phase 2
Relapse Prevention Study of Pimavanserin in Dementia-related Psychosis Start of enrollment: 2017 Sep 27
Completed
Phase 3
Proof-of-Concept Study of a Selective p38 MAPK Alpha Inhibitor, Neflamapimod, in Subjects With Mild Alzheimer's Disease Start of enrollment: 2017 Dec 29
Completed
Phase 2
Study to Assess the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of AVP-786 for the Treatment of Intermittent Explosive Disorder Start of enrollment: 2018 Jan 18
Terminated
Phase 2
Open-Label Safety and Tolerability Study of NBI-98854 for the Treatment of Pediatric Subjects With Tourette Syndrome Start of enrollment: 2018 Feb 08
Completed
Phase 2
Study to Evaluate TV-46000 as Maintenance Treatment in Adult and Adolescent Participants With Schizophrenia Start of enrollment: 2018 Apr 27
Completed
Phase 3
Safety and Efficacy of NBI-98854 in Pediatric Subjects With Tourette Syndrome Start of enrollment: 2018 Apr 17
Terminated
Phase 2
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

30 citations
Barriers to evidence-based practice implementation in physiotherapy: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Matteo Paci, Gianni L. Faedda, Alessandro Ugolini, Leonardo Pellicciari> ;International Journal for Quality in Health Care. 2021 Jun 26
56 citations
An International Society of Bipolar Disorders task force report: Precursors and prodromes of bipolar disorder.
Gianni L. Faedda, Ross J. Baldessarini, Ciro Marangoni, Andreas Bechdolf, Michael Berk, Boris Birmaher, Philippe Conus, Melissa P. DelBello, Anne Duffy, Manon H.J. Hil...> ;Bipolar Disorders. 2019 Sep 3
2 citations
Does childhood experience of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms increase sleep/wake cycle disturbances as measured with actigraphy in adult patients wit...
C Prunas, Karoline Krane-Gartiser, C Nevoret, V Benard, Chloé Benizri, H Brochard, Gianni L. Faedda, Pierre A. Geoffroy, Gregory Gross, Sandrine Katsahian, J. Maruani,...> ;Chronobiology International. 2019 Jun 6
19 citations
Clinical and Environmental Risk Factors for Bipolar Disorder: Review of Prospective Studies.
Ciro Marangoni, Gianni L. Faedda, Ross J. Baldessarini> ;Harvard Review of Psychiatry. 2018 Jan 1
2 citations
Child and Adolescent Clinical Features Preceding Adult Suicide Attempts
Giulia Serra, Athanasios Koukopoulos, Lavinia De Chiara, Flavia Napoletano, Alexia E. Koukopoulos, Gabriele Sani, Gianni L. Faedda, Paolo Girardi, D. Reginaldi, Ross J...> ;Archives of Suicide Research. 2017 Jul 3
7 citations
Parental Reports of Prodromal Psychopathology in Pediatric Bipolar Disorder.
Mariely Hernandez, Ciro Marangoni, Marie C Grant, Jezelle Estrada, Gianni L Faedda> ;Current Neuropharmacology. 2017 Apr 1
7 citations
What is the role of conventional antidepressants in the treatment of major depressive episodes with Mixed Features Specifier
Gianni L. Faedda, Ciro Marangoni> ;CNS Spectrums. 2017 Apr 1
79 citations
Guidelines for the recognition and management of mixed depression.
Stephen M. Stahl, Debbi A. Morrissette, Gianni L. Faedda, Maurizio Fava, Joseph F. Goldberg, Paul E. Keck, Yena Lee, Gin S Malhi, Ciro Marangoni, Susan L. McElroy, Mic...> ;CNS Spectrums. 2017 Feb 28
Parental Reports of Prodromal Psychopathology in Pediatric Bipolar Disorder.
Hernandez M, Marangoni C, Grant MC, Estrada J, Faedda GL> ;Curr Neuropharmacol. 2016 Aug 01
103 citations
The Bipolar Prodrome: Meta-Analysis of Symptom Prevalence Prior to Initial or Recurrent Mood Episodes
Anna Van Meter, Coty Burke, Eric A. Youngstrom, Gianni L. Faedda, Christoph U. Correll> ;Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2016 Jul 1
51 citations
Actigraph measures discriminate pediatric bipolar disorder from attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder and typically developing controls
Gianni L. Faedda, Kyoko Ohashi, Mariely Hernandez, Cynthia E. McGreenery, Marie C. Grant, Argelinda Baroni, Ann Polcari, Martin H. Teicher> ;Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines. 2016 Jun 1
107 citations
The role of environmental exposures as risk factors for bipolar disorder: A systematic review of longitudinal studies
Ciro Marangoni, Mariely Hernandez, Gianni L. Faedda> ;Journal of Affective Disorders. 2016 Mar 15
15 citations
Catatonia in an adolescent with velo-cardio-facial syndrome.
Gianni L. Faedda, Lee E. Wachtel, Anne Marie Higgins, Robert J. Shprintzen> ;American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part A. 2015 Sep 1
30 citations
Features preceding diagnosis of bipolar versus major depressive disorders
Giulia Serra, Athanasios Koukopoulos, Lavinia De Chiara, Flavia Napoletano, Alexia E. Koukopoulos, Martina Curto, Giovanni Manfredi, Gianni L. Faedda, Paolo Girardi, R...> ;Journal of Affective Disorders. 2015 Mar 1
41 citations
Bipolar Disorder and ADHD: Comorbidity and Diagnostic Distinctions
Ciro Marangoni, Lavinia De Chiara, Gianni L. Faedda> ;Current Psychiatry Reports. 2015 Jun 19
26 citations
Depressive mixed states: A reappraisal of Koukopoulos' criteria.
Gianni L. Faedda, Ciro Marangoni, D. Reginaldi> ;Journal of Affective Disorders. 2015 May 1
60 citations
Precursors of bipolar disorders: A systematic literature review of prospective studies
Gianni L. Faedda, Ciro Marangoni, Giulia Serra, Paola Salvatore, Gabriele Sani, Gustavo H. Vázquez, Leonardo Tondo, Paolo Girardi, Ross J. Baldessarini, Athanasios Kou...> ;The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 2015 May 27
62 citations
Clinical risk factors for bipolar disorders: a systematic review of prospective studies.
Gianni L. Faedda, Giulia Serra, Ciro Marangoni, Paola Salvatore, Gabriele Sani, Gustavo H. Vázquez, Leonardo Tondo, Paolo Girardi, Ross J. Baldessarini, Athanasios Kou...> ;Journal of Affective Disorders. 2014 Oct 15
24 citations
Antecedents of manic versus other first psychotic episodes in 263 bipolar I disorder patients.
Paola Salvatore, Ross J. Baldessarini, Hari-Mandir K. Khalsa, Gustavo H. Vázquez, Jesus Perez, Gianni L. Faedda, Mario Amore, Carlo Maggini, Mauricio Tohen> ;Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 2014 Apr 1
112 citations
Antidepressant-associated mood-switching and transition from unipolar major depression to bipolar disorder: A review
Ross J. Baldessarini, Gianni L. Faedda, Emanuela Offidani, Gustavo H. Vázquez, Ciro Marangoni, Giulia Serra, Leonardo Tondo> ;Journal of Affective Disorders. 2013 May 15
2 citations
Transitions: Athanasios Koukopoulos [AθανάσιΟς κΟυκόπΟυλΟς], M.D. (1931-2013).
D. Reginaldi, Alexia E. Koukopoulos, Ross J. Baldessarini, Gianni L. Faedda, Giuseppe Fazzari, Paolo Girardi, Giorgio D. Kotzalidis, Giovanni Manfredi, Gian Paolo Minn...> ;International Journal of Bipolar Disorders. 2013 Oct 8
44 citations
Clinical experience using intranasal ketamine in the treatment of pediatric bipolar disorder/fear of harm phenotype.
Demitri F. Papolos, Martin H. Teicher, Gianni L. Faedda, Patricia Murphy, Steven Mattis> ;Journal of Affective Disorders. 2013 May 1
12 citations
Sleep Disturbances in Pediatric Bipolar Disorder: A Comparison between Bipolar I and Bipolar NOS
Argelinda Baroni, Mariely Hernandez, Marie C. Grant, Gianni L. Faedda> ;Frontiers in Psychiatry. 2012 Mar 20
117 citations
Age at onset versus family history and clinical outcomes in 1,665 international bipolar-I disorder patients.
Ross J. Baldessarini, Leonardo Tondo, Gustavo H. Vázquez, Juan Undurraga, Lorenza Bolzani, Aysegul Yildiz, Hari-Mandir K. Khalsa, Massimo Lai, Beatrice Lepri, María Lo...> ;World Psychiatry. 2012 Feb 1
22 citations
The origins of electroconvulsive therapy: Prof. Bini's first report on ECT.
Gianni L. Faedda, Ina Becker, Argelinda Baroni, Leonardo Tondo, Ellen K. Aspland, Athanasios Koukopoulos> ;Journal of Affective Disorders. 2010 Jan 1
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External Links

Moodcenter NYhttp://moodcenter.org/
ResearchGatehttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gianni_Faedda
Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/gianni-l-faedda-3b270b29