Garth Kroeker

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

Friday, May 26, 2023

Foolproof, by Sander van der Linden: a recommendation, review, and analogy with psychotherapy

I strongly recommend a new book by Cambridge psychologist Sander van der Linden, entitled Foolproof: why misinformation infects our minds an...

Wednesday, February 1, 2023

Why to get your COVID bivalent booster

The COVID vaccines have saved millions of lives, and spared millions more a frightening hospital or intensive care admission. Many people ...

Sunday, January 29, 2023

Heavy Metals in Chocolate

Chocolate is one of my favourite foods, and may even have health benefits. But of course, we have to be wary of bias about health claims t...

Friday, December 30, 2022

Supplements for Mental Health, Part 3: Omega-3 Fatty Acids & Vitamin D

Omega-3 supplements and Vitamin D have seemed very promising for years, to help with general health, depressive symptoms, cognition, or bipo...

Wednesday, December 28, 2022

Supplements for Mental Health, Part 2: Zinc

Zinc is a metallic element, and an essential nutrient. It is toxic if ingested in excess, with various side effects such as nausea, heada...

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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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