Martin George Blinder (born 1937)[1] is an American physician and forensicpsychiatrist. He is editor-in-chief of the academic journal Family Therapy, a former assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco, and a former adjunct professor of law at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. He was instrumental in the development of the use of lithium carbonate for treatment of bipolar disorder and in winning FDA approval for use of this drug in the United States.[citation needed]
In the early 1970s, Blinder was a city councilman and mayor of San Anselmo, California.[2] There, he authored the first law restricting public smoking in the United States.[citation needed] He is author of Psychiatry in the Everyday Practice of Law, Fourth Edition (Thomson/West), Lovers, Killers, Husbands and Wives (St. Martin's Press), Fluke (Permanent Press), Choosing Lovers (Glenbridge Publishing) and The Lucrecia Borgia Cookbook (Renaissance Press), as well as author of articles for the Journal of the American Medical Association, The Archives of General Psychiatry, The American Journal of Neuropsychiatry, Judicature, Journal of the California State Bar Association, Journal of the Hawaiian State Bar Association, and Journal of the American Bar Association, among many others.
Blinder is noted for his testimony in the 1979 trial of Dan White. In that trial, Blinder testified that White was suffering from depression and pointed to several behavioral symptoms of that depression, including the claim that White had gone from being highly health-conscious to consuming sugary foods and drinks such as Twinkies and Coca-Cola. A remark by Blinder that the sugar might have worsened such a depression was widely reported as a claim that the sugar had contributed to the depression, giving rise to the derisive label of the "Twinkie defense," for defendants' claims that an unusual biological factor contributed to their commission of a crime.[3][4]
Referencesedit
^Blinder, Martin. "Martin Blinder". Harper's Magazine. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
^Weiss, Mike (May 20, 2001). "FINAL WITNESS / Psychiatrist's work echoes in personal life / Doctor known for insanity murder defenses was almost killed by ex in seemingly insane act". SFGATE. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
^Pogash, Carol (November 23, 2003). "Myth of the 'Twinkie defense' / The verdict in the Dan White case wasn't based on his ingestion of junk food". SFGATE. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
^Mikkelson, David (October 30, 1999). "The Twinkie Defense: Debunking the Myths and Misinformation". Snopes. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
External linksedit
Official website
January 01, 1970
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