Dr. Kennedy is board-certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in psychiatry. He completed medical school at Western University of Health Sciences in California. He completed his psychiatry residency training at the University Hospital and Medical Center in Tamarac, Florida. He completed his subspecialty fellowship in forensic psychiatry at the University of California, Davis.
Dr. Kennedy currently practices psychiatry full-time at Penn State, where he serves on faculty as an assistant professor.
Dr. Kennedy has experience working in general adult, state hospital, correctional, Veterans Administration, and substance use disorder treatment settings. He is licensed to practice medicine in California, Florida, and Pennsylvania.
Medical malpractice occurs when a physician falls below the standard of care, resulting in harm. Psychiatric malpractice cases require expert testimony by a psychiatrist to assess the standard of care and determine if the defendant psychiatrist's actions or omissions constituted negligence.
When a defendant is unable to understand the nature and purpose of the criminal proceedings against them or to effectively participate in their defense due to mental illness or intellectual disability, criminal proceedings may be delayed to allow the individual to receive appropriate treatment.
In most jurisdictions, a defendant can be found not guilty by reason of insanity if, at the time of the commission of the criminal act, they were unable to appreciate the nature and quality or wrongfulness of their conduct as a result of a mental disease or defect.
A thorough evaluation of violence risk requires examination of multiple facet's of the evaluee's medical and legal history. Such an evaluation requires that the psychiatrist examines both the evaluee's current mental status as well as past behavior.
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