John Werry

John Werry
CNZM
John Werry CNZM
	Werry in 2009
Born	John Scott Werry
	Scientific career
Institutions	Montreal Childrens Hospital; University of Illinois; University of Auckland

John Scott Werry CNZM is a New Zealand psychiatry academic and as of 2021 is an emeritus professor at the University of Auckland.^[1]

Academic career[edit]

After graduating in medicine at the University of Otago, Werry worked in Montreal Childrens Hospital and University of Illinois in North America before returning to New Zealand and the University of Auckland where he rose to emeritus professor.^[1]

In the 2009 New Year Honours, Werry was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to child and adolescent psychiatry.^[2]

In July 2021, in the context of a review of the NCEA (New Zealand's National Curriculum), Werry, along with six other University of Auckland Professors and Emeritus Professors published a controversial letter "In Defence of Science" in the New Zealand Listener.^[3]

Selected works[edit]

Volkmar, Fred R., Ami Klin, Bryna Siegel, Peter Szatmari, Catherine Lord, Magda Campbell, B. J. Freeman et al. "Field trial for autistic disorder in DSM-IV." The American journal of psychiatry (1994).
WERRY, JOHN SCOTT, Jon M. McClellan, and Linda Chard. "Childhood and adolescent schizophrenic, bipolar, and schizoaffective disorders: a clinical and outcome study." Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 30, no. 3 (1991): 457–465.
Reeves, Jan C., John S. Werry, Gail S. Elkind, and Alan Zametkin. "Attention deficit, conduct, oppositional, and anxiety disorders in children: II. Clinical characteristics." Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 26, no. 2 (1987): 144–155.
Weiss, Gabrielle, Klaus Minde, John S. Werry, Virginia Douglas, and Elizabeth Nemeth. "Studies on the hyperactive child: VIII. Five-year follow-up." Archives of General Psychiatry 24, no. 5 (1971): 409–414.
Werry, John S. "Developmental hyperactivity." Pediatric Clinics of North America 15, no. 3 (1968): 581–599.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "The Department of Psychological Medicine". University of Auckland. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
^ "New Year honours list 2009". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2008. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
^ Kendall Clements, Garth Cooper, Michael Corballis, Douglas Elliffe, Robert Nola, Elizabeth Rata, and John Werry. “In Defence of Science.” New Zealand Listener, 31 July 2021. p.4