Garth Kroeker

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

Friday, November 14, 2008

Love

The ancient Greeks described three different forms of love: 1) Eros -- sensual desire; attraction and appreciation of beauty; passion --In...

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

The Tragedy of the Commons

In 1968 (just before I was born) Garrett Hardin published an article in the journal Science called "The Tragedy of the Commons" [V...

Sunday, November 9, 2008

Biases associated with Industry-funded research

There is evidence that research studies sponsored by pharmaceutical companies produce biased results. Here is a collection of papers suppor...

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Assisted Suicide

I am intending this discussion to be focused specifically on the theme of suicidal thoughts which occur in chronic depression. While I thin...

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Laughter

It is therapeutic to laugh. Humour is therapeutic. Laughter can be practiced deliberately, and it is probably very healthy to do so. Humour...

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About Me

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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