Garth Kroeker

a discussion about psychiatry, mental illness, emotional problems, and things that help

Showing posts with label Eating Disorders. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eating Disorders. Show all posts
Thursday, January 21, 2010

Health benefits of dietary nut intake

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Dietary nut intake is strongly associated with a variety of health benefits, particularly a lower risk of developing cardiovascular disease....
Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Benefits and Risks of Zinc Supplementation in Eating Disorders, ADHD, and Depression

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Zinc supplementation may help treat anorexia nervosa, ADHD, and treatment-resistant depression. Zinc is a metallic element involved in multi...
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Monday, June 15, 2009

Inositol

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Inositol is chemically similar to glucose (the type of sugar required by the brain for energy). It is a precursor in a so-called "secon...
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Thursday, May 21, 2009

Eating Disorders

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Disordered eating is a complex problem which takes a variety of forms. Anorexia nervosa is characterized by restrictive eating behaviours an...
Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Drum Circles

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Drum circles are groups where people gather to pound drums together: producing, hearing, and appreciating rhythms. The perception of rhythm ...
Friday, January 30, 2009

Narrative Therapy & the "Guru Effect"

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This is another interesting therapy style, pioneered by the Australian social worker Michael White (1948-2008). Here is my condensed account...
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GK
I've been a psychiatrist since July, 2000. Most of my clinical experience has been with university students who have come to my outpatient clinic. For the first two years of my practice, I completed a subspecialty fellowship in mood disorders, during which I was trying to help patients struggling with treatment-resistant depression or bipolar disorder. I enjoy trying to combine ideas from different fields within the sciences and humanities--I love the idea of a creative, collaborative, interdisciplinary, yet also evidence-based approach to thinking about the mind, about medicine, and about life. I particularly like to indulge in metaphor and use analogies as a part of my therapeutic style. Yet, I find that much of my work as a physician can be simple and pragmatic, and I believe that there often can be straightforward medical solutions to many of the ailments my patients tell me about.
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