David L. Dunner
David L. Dunner (born May 27, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York) is a
Career outline
Dunner went to
He then went to New York for eight years to work with
Titles and awards
Dunner has been president of the American Psychopathological Association (APPA), president of the Psychiatric Research Society and president of the Society of Biological Psychiatry. He has been editor of the journal Comprehensive Psychiatry. He has won the Samuel Hamilton Award and the Morton Prince Award from the APPA, the Robert Jones Lectureship from the Canadian Psychiatric Association, and the Ward Smith Award from the West Coast College of Biological Psychiatry.[2]
Pharmaceutical controversies
Dunner was on a 1991 FDA Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee which advised that there was not sufficient evidence to support a proposal that antidepressant drugs could cause suicidality or other violent behaviors. However, 5 of the 9 members had financial links to pharmaceutical companies and Dunner in particular had extensive financial links both before and after the hearings with Prozac manufacturer
References
- ^ Center for Anxiety and Depression Archived 2014-09-03 at the Wayback Machine, Mercer Island
- ^ a b c DAVID L.DUNNER Interviewed by Thomas A. Ban for the ANCP, Waikoloa, Hawaii, December 13, 2001
- ^ Lawyers and Settlements, Feb 12th 2008 Evelyn Pringle
- ^ Scandal of scientists who take money for papers ghostwritten by drug companies Sarah Boseley, health editor. The Guardian, Thursday 7 February