An investigation conducted by the US Office of Research Integrity found that Alexander Neumeister, MD, “engaged in research misconduct by intentionally, knowingly, and/or recklessly falsifying and/or fabricating data in the clinical records of research…resulting in the inclusion of falsified and/or fabricated research methods and results”1,2 in 2 articles published in JAMA Psychiatry in 20133 and 2014.4 Therefore, these articles are retracted.
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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.
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