Summary
Paul Croarkin, D.O., is involved in research efforts focused on understanding the physiology, treatment and classification of mood disorders in children and adolescents.
Dr. Croarkin's work includes clinical trials in child and adolescent mood disorders; studies of novel therapeutics, such as repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS); and neurophysiological studies of the GABA and glutamate neurotransmitter systems in children and adolescents.
He has served as a co-investigator for collaborative trials in child and adolescent depression; and as primary investigator for a study funded by NARSAD that involved novel single and paired-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) measures of GABA and glutamate functioning in children and adolescents with major depressive disorder.