Christopher M. Palmer, MD, received his medical degree from Washington University School of Medicine and completed his internship and psychiatry residency at McLean Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Harvard Medical School. He is currently the director of the Department of Postgraduate and Continuing Education at McLean Hospital and an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. For over 20 years, Dr. Palmer’s clinical work has focused on treatment resistant cases, and recently he has been pioneering the use of the ketogenic diet in psychiatry, especially treatment resistant cases of mood and psychotic disorders. You can find Dr. Palmer at https://www.chrispalmermd.com/, IG: https://www.instagram.com/chrispalmermd/, Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChrisPalmerMD/, Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_dTM-I4jnN5gHVyXkrCXcA/, and FB: https://www.facebook.com/ChrisPalmerMD/. 

00:00 Introduction 02:52 Mental disorders as metabolic disorders of the brain 09:13 Insulin resistance and mental illness 12:23 Role of serotonin in mental health 17:25 Schizoaffective disorder, bipolar, and ketogenic diets 21:08 Diet and mental health 25:55 Metabolic labs for mental illness 31:12 Obesity and mental health disorders 33:30 Ketogenic diets and seizures, fasting, authophagy 35:38 Serum cholesterol, suicidality, violent crime 40:54 Alzheimer’s disease and brain insulin resistance 44:50 Younger people getting diagnosed with mental disorders 47:26 Mental illness in society 52:46 Exogenous ketones

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