Prof David Nutt: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- head of the neuropsychopharmacology unit at Imperial College London and chair of the independent scientific committee Drug Science
- Quoted on
- Cosmetic procedures & aesthetics, Mental health
- Tracked press citations
- 3
- Most recently quoted
- 4 Oct 2026
- First quoted
- 27 Aug 2026
“Liver cirrhosis from alcohol is very unlikely if you drink within the current guidelines of 14 units per week. Similar risks apply to things like cardiovascular disease and stroke.”
What Prof David Nutt has said
“For Nutt, it may be time to question whether 'specificity' should remain psychiatry's ultimate goal.”
Editorial author in the Journal of Psychopharmacology · Mental health · 30 Sept 2026 · What Sisyphus Can Teach Us About Psychiatric Drug Development ↗
“It is well established that better mental health tends to follow from better physical health and since the 1880s we have known that diabetes is associated with depression, although I think it's unlikely that using GLP-1R agonists alone as treatments for depression or anxiety will work.”
head of the neuropsychopharmacology unit at Imperial College London and chair of the independent scientific committee Drug Science · Mental health · 27 Aug 2026 · GLP-1 diabetes drugs could stop anxiety and depression worsening, study finds ↗
Where Prof David Nutt has been quoted
- Experts reveal how to tweak your drinking habits to reduce the damaging effectsindependent.co.uk · 4 Oct 2026
- What Sisyphus Can Teach Us About Psychiatric Drug Developmentdrugscience.org.uk · 30 Sept 2026
- GLP-1 diabetes drugs could stop anxiety and depression worsening, study findstheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
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