Garth Kroeker

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

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Tests for Asperger's & Autism-Spectrum symptoms

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Asperger Syndrome is an example of a mild autism-spectrum disorder.  Individuals with this condition have difficulty with social and communi...
Thursday, May 10, 2012

"The Lazy Controller" -- reflections about Kahneman's book

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This is the first of a series of posts I've been planning based on Daniel Kahneman's book Thinking, Fast and Slow.  I found this b...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Blueberries are good for your brain

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Another study published in 2012 about dietary berry intake associated with slower rates of cognitive decline: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/...
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Monday, February 13, 2012

Statistics in Psychiatry & Medicine

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This is a continuation of my thoughts about this subject.  Statistical analysis is extremely important to understand cause & effect!  ...
Tuesday, February 7, 2012

How long does it take for psychotherapy to work?

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There are various research articles done in the past which describe rates of change in psychotherapy patients, some studies for example desc...
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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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