While most of the studies reviewed here have positive results that seem to confirm the association between SSRI treatment and emotional blunting/apathy, they are generally of poor design and methodology, and no conclusion can be drawn about prevalence or causality.
I wish to thank Tracy McDonald for her assistance in the search strategy and the use of Endnote and Sandra Dayao for helping me to obtain many of the papers listed above, both of the Cumberland Hospital Library. I also wish to thank Prof Brakoulias for his support and supervision of this project.
