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This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox, InsideTracker, and Cozy Earth.\n\xa0\nThe common medical approach to psychiatric disorders is to treat the symptoms. But the truth is that we just don\u2019t know how the biological, psychological, and social risk factors and symptoms of these problems fit together. We don\u2019t know what the underlying pathology is. I was excited to talk to Dr. Christopher Palmer who is disrupting the paradigm of psychiatry, about new ways of treating psychiatric disorders, specifically with the ketogenic diet and mitochondrial repair.\xa0\n\xa0\nDr. Palmer is a psychiatrist and researcher working at the interface of metabolism and mental health. He is 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 25 years, he has held leadership roles in psychiatric education, conducted research, and worked with people who have treatment-resistant mental illnesses. He has been pioneering the use of the medical ketogenic diet in the treatment of psychiatric disorders\u2014conducting research, treating patients, writing, and speaking around the world on this topic.\xa0\n\xa0\nThis episode is brought to you by ButcherBox, InsideTracker, and Cozy Earth.\n\xa0\nSign up today and get two ribeye steaks for free in your first ButcherBox. Just go to butcherbox.com/farmacy.\n\xa0\nInsideTracker is offering my community 20% off at insidetracker.com/drhyman.\n\xa0\nGet 40% off your Cozy Earth sheets. Just head over to cozyearth.com and use code MARK40.\n\xa0\nHere are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):\n\nWhy mental illness happens and is so hard to treat (6:33 / 3:51)\xa0\n\nThe patient who changed the way Dr. Palmer treats mental illness (11:06 / 8:08)\xa0\n\nThe ketogenic diet as a treatment for epilepsy, seizure disorders, and mental health disorders (17:03 / 14:09)\xa0\n\nGetting to the root cause of inflammation in the brain (20:16 / 17:26)\xa0\n\nViewing mental disorders as metabolic disorders of the brain (27:37 / 23:20)\n\nMitochondrial energy deficits in children with autism (34:28 / 30:03)\xa0\n\nImprove mitochondrial function (35:14 / 31:20)\xa0\n\nAddressing inflammation in the body (42:16 / 38:00)\xa0\n\nValidating a multifaceted approach to treating mental health disorders (47:55 / 44:39)\xa0\n\nDr. Palmer\u2019s experience treating a child with ADHD (57:23 / 52:52)\xa0\n\nChildren with high levels of insulin resistance and associated risk for schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression (59:05 / 54:42)\xa0\n\n\xa0\nReferenced in this episode: Before & after handwriting from Dr. Hyman\u2019s patient\n\xa0\nLearn more about Dr. Palmer here. Get his book, Brain Energy: A Revolutionary Breakthrough in Understanding Mental Health\u2014and Improving Treatment for Anxiety, Depression, OCD, PTSD, and More, here.\n \nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices