Brain Energy: A Revolutionary Breakthrough in Understanding Mental Health
In his new book, Harvard psychiatrist Dr. Chris Palmer outlines a groundbreaking hypothesis about mitochondria’s role in mental illness: that mental disorders are metabolic disorders of the brain. Dr. Palmer explains this new understanding of mental illness in detail – from symptoms and risk factors to what is happening in the brain. He also discusses how metabolic therapies like a ketogenic diet, among others, could be important treatments for mental disorders.