Emotional blunting and SSRIs
Prof. Sidney H Kennedy
Sidney H. Kennedy is Professor of Psychiatry and Psychiatrist-in-Chief at University Health Network, University of Toronto. Dr. Kennedy obtained his medical degree from Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland. He trained in Psychiatry in the United Kingdom and in Canada. He is a clinician, researcher and educator at the University of Toronto. He held the inaugural Cameron Wilson research chair in Depression Studies at the University of Toronto. Dr. Kennedy is a former President of the Canadian College of Neuropsychopharmacology and was the founding chair of the Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT). He is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a member of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology. He was awarded the JM Cleghorn Award for excellence and leadership in clinical research by the Canadian Psychiatric Association in 2004 and the Canadian College of Neuropsychopharmacology Gold Medal in 2006 for his contribution to neuropsychopharmacology in Canada. He has explored the neural circuitry of depression using PET and fMRI during the past decade, publishing on effects of antidepressants, cognitive behavioral therapy and deep brain stimulation on regional brain activity.
