Dr. Whalen and his staff have conducted research in the following areas:

• Major Depression (Unipolar Affective Disorder)
• Bipolar Disorder
• Generalized Anxiety Disorder
• Adult Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder
• Insomnia and Sleep Disorders
• Migraine Headache Disorders
• Alzheimer's Disease
• Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
• Panic Disorder and Social Phobia

James J. Whalen, M.D. is board-certified in Adult Psychiatry and has extensive experience in the sub-specialty of Forensic Psychiatry. Dr. Whalen completed his medical and psychiatric training at the Brown University School of Medicine and his Fellowship training at Harvard University. He continues to provide psychiatric care to patients in Rhode Island since 1993 and is also licensed to practice medicine in Massachusetts and Connecticut. He has been actively involved in clinical research since 1996. His private practice is located in Lincoln, Rhode Island. In addition to private practice and clinical research work, Dr. Whalen directed coursework in Forensic Psychiatry and provided supervision to psychiatry residents at the Brown University School of Medicine. He has provided Forensic Psychiatry Consultant to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Providence, Rhode Island. Dr. Whalen is a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, member of the Rhode Island Psychiatric Society, an international member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and a member of the Clinical Society of Research in Psychopharmacology (SCRIP).

The staff at Lincoln Research has extensive training and experience in conducting all areas of clinical trial research. This involves all areas from screening and randomizing appropriate subjects to the timely submission of IRB materials. The staff at Lincoln Research continually conducts themselves in a manner consistent with their goal of maintaining a high standard of performance and professionalism.

In addition, the research staff is qualified to perform numerous ratings and assessments including, but not limited to, the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (Axis I and II), Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview, Hamilton Depression Scale, Montgomery Asberg Depression Rating Scale, Hamilton Rating Scale for Anxiety, and Clinician's Interview Based Impression of Severity.

In addition to Dr. Whalen's large private practice from which appropriate subjects are drawn, his professional relationships with several primary care physicians serves to provide Lincoln Research with numerous patient referrals to our open research studies.

Psychiatry/Psychology