Gianni Faedda, MD

Dr. Faedda is a clinical psychopharmacologist specializing in Mood Disorders. In 1991 he founded the Lucio Bini Mood Disorders Center of New York, an outpatient clinic specializing in anxiety and mood disorders. 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.
Dr. Faedda has investigated the outcome of lithium discontinuation in adults with bipolar disorders, the onset of Bipolar Disorder in young adults with psychotic symptom, as well as the effects of treatment on the course of bipolar disorders, treatment refractory depression and dual-diagnosis.
He has been involved in defining the psychiatric phenotype of patients with Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome, and has authored over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles, several book chapters, and a book, Parenting a Bipolar Child with Dr. Nancy B. Austin. He received the APA-Dista Award in 1991 and 1992. He Co-chairs the International Society for Bipolar Disorders Taskforce on: Prodromes of Bipolar Disorders. Areas of interest include child and adolescents mood, attention-deficit, anxiety and psychotic disorders.