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Resources for clinicians who want to learn more about how modifying metabolism can improve mental health.

Resources for clinicians who want to learn more about how modifying metabolism can improve mental health.

What is Metabolic Psychiatry?

What is Metabolic Psychiatry?

Dr. Shebani Sethi, who coined the term metabolic psychiatry for her flagship clinic at Stanford, answers 5 questions. 

5 Questions: Dr. Shebani Sethi

From Theory to Practice

From Theory to Practice

Challenges and rewards of implementing ketogenic metabolic therapy in mental health

Grounded in Nicole Laurent's clinical expertise, this perspective article delves into the potential of ketogenic therapy for mental health. Nicole highlights the therapeutic promise of this intervention based on hands-on patient interactions.

Frontiers in Nutrition Article

The State of the Evidence

The State of the Evidence

The State of the Evidence

A panel discussion on ketogenic therapy for psychiatric disorders, San Diego, 2023

“While not a panacea, ketogenic therapy can be a cornerstone intervention that allows many people with severe mental illness to treat the root cause of their condition and experience an astonishing, almost unbelievable transformation.”
- Hannah Warren

Why Research Matters

Keto and the Brain

Keto and the Brain

Certified Nutrition Specialist Amy Berger addresses the mechanisms of action of a ketogenic diet related to brain function and asks the question: Why would we NOT prescribe a ketogenic diet to treat brain disorders?

Keto Salt Lake 2022

Ketogenic Therapy

Ketogenic Therapy

Resources for offering ketogenic diets to treat a mental health disorder.

Scientific and Clinical Rationale

Scientific and Clinical Rationale

This handout, prepared by Dr. Georgia Ede, provides a helpful overview of the scientific and clinical rationale for using ketogenic diets in psychiatry, including links to published articles. It is something that patients can download and share with their doctors, and that doctors can share with their patients.

This handout, prepared by Dr. Georgia Ede, provides a helpful overview of the scientific and clinical rationale for using ketogenic diets in psychiatry, including links to published articles. It is something that patients can download and share with their doctors, and that doctors can share with their patients.

Clinical Rationale PDF

Validated Variations

Validated Variations

Five variations of the ketogenic diet have been published in medical literature as effective treatments for diseases that have an underlying metabolic dysregulation, such as epilepsy, cancer, and Alzheimer’s.

Five variations of the ketogenic diet have been published in medical literature as effective treatments for diseases that have an underlying metabolic dysregulation, such as epilepsy, cancer, and Alzheimer’s.

Validated Diet Plans

Clinician Directory

Clinician Directory

Dr. Georgia Ede maintains a free directory of clinicians offering ketogenic therapy to treat mental disorders.

Dr. Georgia Ede maintains a free directory of clinicians offering ketogenic therapy to treat mental disorders.

Submit Your Practice to the Directory

Submit Your Practice to the Directory

If you use ketogenic dietary therapies to treat psychiatric conditions in your psychiatric, medical, nursing, nutrition, counseling, or coaching practice, Dr. Georgia Ede welcomes you to submit your practice information for possible inclusion in this directory.

If you use ketogenic dietary therapies to treat psychiatric conditions in your psychiatric, medical, nursing, nutrition, counseling, or coaching practice, Dr. Georgia Ede welcomes you to submit your practice information for possible inclusion in this directory.

Submit Your Practice

Metabolic Psychiatry and Metabolic Health Training Courses

Metabolic Psychiatry and Metabolic Health Training Courses

Metabolic Psychiatry is a relatively new subspecialty focused on treating metabolic dysfunction to improve mental health outcomes. Increasing evidence demonstrates a clear association between poor metabolic health and serious mental illness (SMI), as well as an improvement in SMI (e.g., bipolar disorder, depression, schizoaffective disorder) when metabolic dysfunction is treated.

Metabolic Psychiatry is a relatively new subspecialty focused on treating metabolic dysfunction to improve mental health outcomes. Increasing evidence demonstrates a clear association between poor metabolic health and serious mental illness (SMI), as well as an improvement in SMI (e.g., bipolar disorder, depression, schizoaffective disorder) when metabolic dysfunction is treated.

Earn CME credits and improve outcomes with the following accredited courses:

Earn CME credits and improve outcomes with the following accredited courses:

Harvard-trained, board-certified psychiatrist Dr. Georgia Ede offers a free AMA PRA Category 1 CME-approved training program designed for health professionals eager to explore metabolic psychiatry. In Managing Major Mental Illness with Dietary Change: The New Science of Hope, she provides a deep dive into the scientific foundations and clinical applications of dietary interventions, such as a ketogenic diet, empowering clinicians to safely and effectively enhance mental health outcomes through metabolic strategies.

Harvard-trained, board-certified psychiatrist Dr. Georgia Ede offers a free AMA PRA Category 1 CME-approved training program designed for health professionals eager to explore metabolic psychiatry. In Managing Major Mental Illness with Dietary Change: The New Science of Hope, she provides a deep dive into the scientific foundations and clinical applications of dietary interventions, such as a ketogenic diet, empowering clinicians to safely and effectively enhance mental health outcomes through metabolic strategies.

Dr. Ede's Free MyCME Course

Harvard psychiatrist Dr. Chris Palmer offers a free AMA PRA Category 1 CME-approved course introducing his brain-energy theory, which views mental disorders as metabolic disorders of the brain. Based on decades of research, Brain Energy: The Metabolic Theory of Mental Illness provides health professionals with a practical understanding of how metabolic, psychological, and social factors contribute to mental illness. Participants will learn about treatment approaches, including dietary and lifestyle changes, as well as considerations for current therapies.

Harvard psychiatrist Dr. Chris Palmer offers a free AMA PRA Category 1 CME-approved course introducing his brain-energy theory, which views mental disorders as metabolic disorders of the brain. Based on decades of research, Brain Energy: The Metabolic Theory of Mental Illness provides health professionals with a practical understanding of how metabolic, psychological, and social factors contribute to mental illness. Participants will learn about treatment approaches, including dietary and lifestyle changes, as well as considerations for current therapies.

Dr. Palmer's Free MyCME Course

Harvard-trained psychiatrist Dr. Matthew Bernstein offers a free AMA PRA Category 1 CME-approved course to educate practicing physicians and other healthcare professionals about the most recent clinical trials and case series in the field of metabolic psychiatry. In The Evidence Supporting Ketogenic Therapy for the Treatment of Serious Mental Illness, Dr. Bernstein shares the emerging evidence suggests that nutritional ketosis may be a powerful tool as an adjunct to standard medical management of severe mental illness (e.g. bipolar, schizophrenia, depression).

Harvard-trained psychiatrist Dr. Matthew Bernstein offers a free AMA PRA Category 1 CME-approved course to educate practicing physicians and other healthcare professionals about the most recent clinical trials and case series in the field of metabolic psychiatry. In The Evidence Supporting Ketogenic Therapy for the Treatment of Serious Mental Illness, Dr. Bernstein shares the emerging evidence suggests that nutritional ketosis may be a powerful tool as an adjunct to standard medical management of severe mental illness (e.g. bipolar, schizophrenia, depression).

Dr. Bernstein's Free MyCME Course

Board-certified cardiologist and lipidologist Dr. Bret Scher offers a free AMA PRA Category 1 CME-approved course on the safety of ketogenic diets. As ketogenic therapy is being researched as a novel treatment for a number of other diseases that may be rooted in metabolic dysfunction – such as serious mental illness – it has become increasingly important to study and examine whether such therapy comes with serious risks. In Cardiovascular Safety Of Ketogenic Therapy, Dr. Scher explores the scientific and clinical evidence addressing concerns about keto safety, taking care to share where the evidence is strong and where it is weak.

Board-certified cardiologist and lipidologist Dr. Bret Scher offers a free AMA PRA Category 1 CME-approved course on the safety of ketogenic diets. As ketogenic therapy is being researched as a novel treatment for a number of other diseases that may be rooted in metabolic dysfunction – such as serious mental illness – it has become increasingly important to study and examine whether such therapy comes with serious risks. In Cardiovascular Safety Of Ketogenic Therapy, Dr. Scher explores the scientific and clinical evidence addressing concerns about keto safety, taking care to share where the evidence is strong and where it is weak.

Dr. Scher's Free MyCME Course

Harvard-trained, board-certified psychiatrist Dr. Georgia Ede provides the flagship CME-approved training for health professionals in metabolic psychiatry. Through her course, health professionals will gain the scientific knowledge and practical tools needed to safely incorporate the principles of metabolic psychiatry into clinical practice.

Harvard-trained, board-certified psychiatrist Dr. Georgia Ede provides the flagship CME-approved training for health professionals in metabolic psychiatry. Through her course, health professionals will gain the scientific knowledge and practical tools needed to safely incorporate the principles of metabolic psychiatry into clinical practice.

Diagnosis Diet

Denise Potter, RDN, CDCES and Beth Zupec-Kania, RDN, CD have a combine 40+ years of ketogenic metabolic therapy experience and offer accredited ketogenic metabolic therapy trainings for registered dietitian nutritionists, licensed nutritionists, physicians, physician assistants, nurses, and health coaches.

Denise Potter, RDN, CDCES and Beth Zupec-Kania, RDN, CD have a combine 40+ years of ketogenic metabolic therapy experience and offer accredited ketogenic metabolic therapy trainings for registered dietitian nutritionists, licensed nutritionists, physicians, physician assistants, nurses, and health coaches.

Ketogenic Therapeutics Mastery

AKT

Nicole Laurent, LMHC offers CEU-approved metabolic psychiatry and ketogenic therapy support training for nonprescribers such as psychologists, social workers, counselors and allied mental health professionals. In this course, acquire skills in effective client support, managing expectations, and assisting the treatment team in monitoring potentiation effects.

Nicole Laurent, LMHC offers CEU-approved metabolic psychiatry and ketogenic therapy support training for nonprescribers such as psychologists, social workers, counselors and allied mental health professionals. In this course, acquire skills in effective client support, managing expectations, and assisting the treatment team in monitoring potentiation effects.

Mental Health Keto

What Clinicians are Saying

What Clinicians are Saying

Leaders in the field are seeing patients’ lives transformed by metabolic and ketogenic therapies.

Leaders in the field are seeing patients’ lives transformed by metabolic and ketogenic therapies.

Dr. Georgia Ede

Harvard-trained psychiatrist and author of Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind

"Psychiatrists need to start thinking like whole-person doctors, because the brain is part of the body."

Dr. Guido Frank

Psychiatry professor in residence at UC San Diego

"How we live and eat profoundly impacts our body and brain and, thus, our mental health. The way we have changed our eating over the past century has made us more vulnerable to mental difficulties, including eating disorders. The ketogenic diet provides an alternative way of bringing energy to the brain and shows potential in normalizing brain function and behavior to help people feel themselves again."

Dr. Matthew Bernstein

Harvard-trained psychiatrist, Chief Medical Officer, Ellenhorn

“Ketogenic therapy is the most powerful intervention I've seen in my career because everyone who has done it has had benefits. I can’t say that about any medication."

Dr. Cynthia Calkin

Principle Investigator, TRIO-BD study of Metformin for treatment resistant bipolar depression

“Our study reversed insulin resistance using metformin for bipolar depression. The evidence is compelling enough based on our effect sizes and based on the magnitude of improvement in these patients who were otherwise treatment-resistant…This got patients better in six weeks. Why wouldn’t you try it?”

Dr. Lori Calabrese

Harvard-trained psychiatrist in private practice

“Metabolic psychiatry and ketogenic psychiatry harness the latest research on metabolism and energy to help you eat better, feel better, get your body back, lose weight, move more easily, and even taper off some medications.”

Dr. Chris Palmer

Harvard-trained psychiatrist and author of Brain Energy

"The specific psychiatric disorders in which mitochondrial dysfunction has been identified include the following: schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, major depression, autism, anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, anorexia nervosa, alcohol use disorder (aka alcoholism), marijuana use disorder, opioid use disorder, and borderline personality disorder. Dementia and delirium, often thought of as neurological illnesses, are also included."

Dr. Jong Rho, UCSD

Chief of Neurology at Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego

“The usual paradigm in medicine has been that you start with a drug and if that doesn’t work you add another drug, or many more drugs. I think it would be better for us as a community to look at the brain more holistically. Could a dietary intervention that is metabolism-based affect the processes in the brain that produced the disease to begin with, in which case are you modifying or curing the disease?”

Dr. Shebani Sethi

Founding Director, Stanford Metabolic Psychiatry Clinic

“The approach at my Stanford clinic integrates non-pharmacological metabolic methods - nutritional and lifestyle therapies - with medication. The good news is we are seeing encouraging improvements in mental health after treating metabolic conditions in this way. ”

Nicole Laurent, LMHC

MentalHealthKeto.com

“You do not actually know who you really are or what your brain is capable of if you do not treat underlying factors, including metabolic disorder and nutritional deficiency. There is a treatment option here you have not yet explored that could be life-changing for you.”

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