Harvard Psychiatrist: Can This Diet Treat Depression? Rethink Mental Health with @ChrisPalmerMD
Conventional psychiatry isn’t working for the millions of people that suffer from treatment resistant mental illness worldwide. Harvard Psychiatrist, Dr. Chris Palmer knows this better than almost anyone, from both his professional experience and seeing his own mother struggle with it. But there may be a light at the end of the tunnel. After seeing startling results in his own patients, Dr. Palmer is calling for a fundamental shift in how we think about and treat mental illness: through our metabolism.
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00:00 Intro
01:23 Dr. Chris Palmer’s Book Dedication
03:02 His Mother’s Struggle With Mental Illness
06:13 “She Never Got Better”
08:40 Why Dr. Palmer Became a Psychiatrist
10:08 Success Rate of Treating Psychotic and Bipolar Disorders
12:02 Treating Depression With SSRIs
13:04 Rise in SSRI Use With Age
15:05 How Well Do Antidepressants Work?
16:39 Treatment-Resistant Depression
18:47 Conventional Approach to Treating Mental Illness
22:28 Overprescription of Medication
25:39 Can Brain Scans Help Treat Mental Illness?
31:04 Misconceptions About Mental Health
31:20 Trigger Warning
31:41 Can Trauma Cause Mental Illness?
33:32 Adverse Childhood Experiences
35:11 Treating Trauma Alone Doesn’t Resolve Mental Illness
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40:24 Link Between Diet and Mental Health
42:02 Dr. Palmer’s Experience With Metabolic Syndrome and Mental Illness
46:12 Connection Between Sleep and Psychological Functions
48:57 Bringing the Keto Diet to His Patients
50:29 Patient Case Study 1: Years of Depression and Suicidal Thoughts
55:47 Patient Case Study 2: Schizoaffective Disorder
01:02:34 How Many Patients Have Both Mental and Metabolic Disorders?
01:05:39 Using GLP-1 Medication for Mental Illness
01:06:59 Is There a Link Between GLP-1s and Suicidality?
01:07:57 Finding the Right Dosage
01:10:10 Role of Medication in Treatment
01:12:50 Disagreement Over Best Lifestyle Diets
01:17:08 Current Studies on the Keto Diet
01:19:43 Different Impacts of the Ketogenic Diet by Gender
01:24:21 What Does It Mean to Be Human?
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Oh my God I love you so much for this video😭 He’s awesome. I’m so glad you brought him on. I’ve been harmed by Psych medicine. It’s been two years and I’m still having a lot of symptoms currently unable to work. It’s called protracted withdrawal. People like Chris are offering new solutions and giving a lot of us hope. If you can get Dr Josef On your channel, It would be huge!! He used to work with the FDA and now he makes videos on medications how they work how to come off of them, the dangers, etc. He has a bunch of tapering clinics in the US.
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