Dr. Ralph Jan Koek M.D.
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
16111 Plummer St (116a-11) North Hills CA, 91343Rating
5/5
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Dr. Ralph Koek is a psychiatrist practicing in North Hills, CA. Dr. Koek is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Koek diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Koek may treat patients through a variety of methods including medications, psychotherapy or talk therapy, psychosocial interventions and more, depending on each individual case. Different medications that a psychiatrist might prescribe include antidepressants, antipsychotic mediations, mood stabilizers, stimulants, sedatives and hypnotics. Dr. Koek treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Education and Training
Wayne State Univ Sch of Med, Detroit Mi 1985
Wayne State University School of Medicine 1986
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Anxiety disorders comorbidity in mood disorder subgroups: data from a mood disorders clinic.
- Lithium, anticonvulsants and suicidal behavior in bipolar disorder.
- Pharmacotherapy and risk of suicidal behaviors among patients with bipolar disorder.
- Antidepressants and suicidal behaviour in unipolar depression.
- The dexamethasone suppression test as a predictor of suicidal behavior in unipolar depression.
- Bipolar pharmacotherapy and suicidal behavior Part 3: impact of antipsychotics.
- Bipolar pharmacotherapy and suicidal behavior. Part I: Lithium, divalproex and carbamazepine.
- Kraepelin-Fraud syndrome: what's new?
- Mania following use of ibogaine: A case series.
- Does oxytocin release correlate with ECT's efficacy?
- Probable induction of mania by risperidone.
Treatments
- Bipolar Disorder
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