Chris Palmer, MD
@ChrisPalmerMD
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Harvard psychiatrist working at the interface of metabolism and mental health. Author of Brain Energy. https://t.co/bZ0wRxiv8M.
Belmont, MA
Joined February 2013
This study of 17,000 physicians during the years 2009 - 2020 found a linear relationship between work hours and increasing scores on the PHQ-9.
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On the basis of data from the Intern Health Study for the 2009–2020 period, increasing work hours were associated in a dose–response manner with increasing rates of depressive symptoms.
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The more hours physician interns work, the more likely they are to be depressed.
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Is speaking publicly about recovery from a serious mental illness dangerous? . What happened to hope and possibility. along with science and innovation?.
Is it “reckless” to talk about a full recovery from schizoaffective disorder using metabolic therapy?. I’ve been symptom-free & off meds since Sept 2024, yet some call my story dangerous. In my latest video I tackle every concern - med tapering, accessibility, clinical trust -.
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What causes mental illness?. Biological, psychological, social, and environmental factors. What do they all have in common?. Each can disrupt metabolism—and when metabolism is disrupted, brain function can be disrupted. #BrainEnergy.
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RT @MitoPsychoBio: GDF15 is the best biomarker of energetic stress and energy resistance (éR). New paper showing that GDF15 is on average e….
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RT @nicknorwitz: The Ketogenic Diet and the End of OCD Suffering .(🔗to full letter in 5/6) . 1/6) Patient: “I used to tell myself in the de….
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RT @MitoPsychoBio: Peering into mitochondria - gorgeous life patterns!. The parallel infolding are "cristae" where respiration and energy t….
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I’m so excited to launch MH², a new model of health care…. Where mental health meets metabolic health! . I couldn’t be more proud of our team.
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Food emulsifiers may not be as benign as we are led to believe. They include carrageenan, carboxymethycellulse (CMC), and polysorbate-80 (P80). This RCT of 154 patients with Crohn's disease found that removing emulsifiers from people's diets significantly reduced symptoms.
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Grip Strength as a Marker of Resting-State Network Integrity and Well-Being in Early Psychosis. It's almost as if psychotic disorders are systemic disorders that also impact the brain. #BrainEnergy.
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Objective: Psychomotor function is a critical marker of risk and outcome of psychosis. Grip strength is one aspect of psychomotor function that is known to be linked to structural neural integrity...
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Fasting-mimicking diets (e.g., the ketogenic diet) can also activate autophagy.
Fasting for 14+ hours activates autophagy—your body’s cleanup mechanism.
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What a beautiful and moving moment—thank you so much for sharing this, @KristinaCo9561! Stories like yours keep me going. Wishing you both continued healing and strength. ❤️.
She found me cleaning and listening to @ChrisPalmerMD Brain Metabolism & Mental Health Course today just in time for her to chime in her answers to all the mental health self assessment questions. “Do you have depression, anxiety, obsessions or ruminations, compulsions, fatigue
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RT @petersonacademy: Rethinking Mental Illness. “Mental illness may stem from brain metabolism issues. The Brain Energy Theory sees mental….
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Prescribing exercise is not futile. People CAN do it— even people recovering from cancer treatment!.
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"At a median follow-up of 7.9 years, the risk of disease recurrence, a new primary cancer, or death was 28% lower in the exercise group than in the health-education group, and overall mortality was lower by 37%. At 8 years, overall survival was 90.3% in the exercise group and.
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Exercise after colon cancer treatment can prolong life, reduce the risk of recurrence, and even reduce the risk of new cancers. RCT of 889 patients from 55 centers across 6 countries over a median follow-up of almost 8 years.
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In 2006, a prospective observational study first showed that physical activity after a colon cancer diagnosis was linked to a decreased risk of recurrence and death.1 Since then, numerous observati...
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RT @Metabolic_Mind: To see more evidence of ketogenic therapy helping with OCD, check out this interview with @ChrisPalmerMD 👇 https://t.co/….
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I’m proud and honored to be celebrating 30 years at McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School this month! . Despite the bad rap Harvard is getting these days, it’s been an incredible place for a rebel like me. I’ve been fortunate to work alongside brilliant, compassionate.
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Immune system dysfunction is known to play a role in some mental disorders. Understanding how the immune system works is an important step in understanding how to address the problem. #mitochondria.
A new paradigm in intracellular #immunology: #Mitochondria emerging as leading #immune organelles. 👇.@EricTopol
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