tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6886575137375451769.post1594400963638797103..comments2023-08-08T00:53:58.434-07:00Comments on Garth Kroeker: Intuition in Psychiatric PracticeGKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14714377295981745087noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6886575137375451769.post-72410678146974458952009-06-18T16:42:19.768-07:002009-06-18T16:42:19.768-07:00Thanks for the comment. I've responded to it ...Thanks for the comment. I've responded to it by adding to my original post. <br /><br />p.s. I'm preferring to limit personal identifying information for most comments. I also may not publish every comment -- I've had a lot of comments & requests for posts on various things, and I may not have the time or energy to respond to every one. I enjoy writing but my motivation to write comes in erratic spurts.GKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14714377295981745087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6886575137375451769.post-66689663469155313912009-06-18T16:02:39.599-07:002009-06-18T16:02:39.599-07:00Thank you for making clear your view, Dr. Kroeker....Thank you for making clear your view, Dr. Kroeker.<br /><br />I once had a conversation with a hardcore proponent of evidence-based medicine, a certain professor. It was an impossible debate--most dogmatic. Yet I could not mount a convincing rebuttal to his arguments.<br /><br />Even when the most self-evident matter was discussed, he would criticize my intuitive response, saying forcefully "How do you know?!"<br /><br />Only when there was absolutely no research available, would he permit intuitive solutions.<br /><br />However, when any research study of any quality were available, it would be deemed superior to a resolution that would be based on experience.<br /><br />For instance, let us assume the only blind experiment conducted was done on, say, patients with GAD. He would say that we have to use the results for patients with OCD also. Same thing, if the patients with GAD had any number of comorbidities. <br /><br />How were we to trust our intuition?<br /><br />He would cite studies that convincingly showed one's intuition was not to be trusted. I wonder if you have had to argue such points in your career.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com