• Harvard Psychiatrist: Does This Diet Treat Depression? Rethinking Mental Health Treatments

  • Apr 23 2025
  • Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
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Harvard Psychiatrist: Does This Diet Treat Depression? Rethinking Mental Health Treatments

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  • 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. Follow me here: www.instagram.com/scienceandsoul www.instagram.com/drkristenholmes/ (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 (38:08) Shopify Ad (39:11) WHOOP Ad (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? (01:26:12) Huel Ad Sponsored by: Shopify - http://SHOPIFY.CO.UK/KRISTEN WHOOP - https://join.whoop.com/gb/en/SCIENCE/ Huel - https://huel.com/kristen SYNCID MB01DER8FMYE9LN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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