Psychiatry

David L. Cutler, M.D.

David L. Cutler, M.D.

Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Public Psychiatry Training Program

1962, BS (Anatomy), Ohio State University
1967, MD, Ohio State University School of Medicine
1967-68, Internship, Orange County Medical Center
1968-70, Psychiatry and child psychiatry residency,
University of Washington College of Medicine
1970-71, Neurology, student health psychiatry, community psychiatry residency,
University of California, Irvine, Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
1980, Diplomate American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN)

Academic Interests:

Dr. David Cutler came to OHSU in 1977 and has been director of the Public Psychiatry Training Program since 1985. His responsibilities include planning and supervising training for psychiatry residents in required community mental health center and state hospital rotations. He served as chair of the APA Gold Award committee in 2000 and chair of the Program Committee of the Oregon Psychiatric Association from 1992 to 2000, and has been the recipient of numerous awards for his contributions to psychiatric education and his advocacy for the mentally ill. He has been editor-in-chief of the Community Mental Health Journal since 1987 and has published many journal articles as well as four books. His most recent book, Ethics in Community Mental Health Care: Commonplace Concerns, co-edited with Patricia Backlar was published in 2002 by Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers. In 2002, the American Psychiatric Association awarded Dr. Cutler its Assembly Speaker's Award "in honor of heroes of Public and Community Psychiatry," and in 2004, the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) awarded him its Exemplary Psychiatrist Award for "developing and directing an innovative training program which demonstrates consumer and family- centered best practices."

Memberships:
American Association of Community Psychiatrists
Oregon Psychiatric Association
American Psychiatric Association

Editorial Review Boards:
1987-present, Editor-in-Chief, Community Mental Health Journal
1991-00, Editorial Board, Chronic Mental Illness (A Book Series)
1982-87, Editorial Board, Community Mental Health Journal
1982-present, Reviewer, Hospital and Community Psychiatry
1980-90 Editorial Panel, International Journal of Therapeutic Communities
1982-83, Editorial Review Board, Community Support Service Journal

Selected Publications


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