![]() He was becoming less depressed and making better eye contact. ![]() Within two weeks, not only did he begin losing weight, but I noticed significant changes in his psychiatric symptoms. Weighing 340 pounds, he asked for my help losing weight and we decided to try the ketogenic diet. What’s more, they caused him to gain over 100 pounds. He had tried 17 different medications, but they failed to stop his chronic hallucinations and delusions. This man was a 33-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder, a cross between schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. That’s where I was as an academic psychiatrist up until 2016, when I had the good fortune to help a patient lose weight. Without knowing the exact cause of mental illness, we can’t develop better treatments. We are struggling to address the issue because no one can answer a fairly basic question: What causes mental illness? Instead, we know some of the factors involved, like genetics, neurotransmitters, hormones, inflammation, trauma, and stress. They are now the leading cause of disability on the planet. ![]() Listen to the audio version-read by Chris himself-in the Next Big Idea App. Chris Palmer is a Harvard psychiatrist and researcher working at the intersection of mental health and metabolic health.īelow, Chris shares 5 key insights from his new book, Brain Energy: A Revolutionary Breakthrough in Understanding Mental Health-and Improving Treatment for Anxiety, Depression, OCD, PTSD, and More. ![]()
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