Dr. Chris Palmer

I could talk for hours on this. So first of all, thank you for – I think you're actually giving me way too much credit though. I don't know about that. I'm talking a lot about it and I think I will accept that maybe I'm able to talk about it in a way that helps people understand it that other scientists haven't been able to. But –

I could talk for hours on this. So first of all, thank you for – I think you're actually giving me way too much credit though. I don't know about that. I'm talking a lot about it and I think I will accept that maybe I'm able to talk about it in a way that helps people understand it that other scientists haven't been able to. But –

I could talk for hours on this. So first of all, thank you for – I think you're actually giving me way too much credit though. I don't know about that. I'm talking a lot about it and I think I will accept that maybe I'm able to talk about it in a way that helps people understand it that other scientists haven't been able to. But –

You know, one of the more important reasons I want to say this is because unbeknownst to a lot of people, this field has actually been around for about a century and a half. Researchers in the 1800s, around the turn of the century, well up into the 1960s, were hyper-focused on the role of metabolism in severe mental illness.

You know, one of the more important reasons I want to say this is because unbeknownst to a lot of people, this field has actually been around for about a century and a half. Researchers in the 1800s, around the turn of the century, well up into the 1960s, were hyper-focused on the role of metabolism in severe mental illness.

You know, one of the more important reasons I want to say this is because unbeknownst to a lot of people, this field has actually been around for about a century and a half. Researchers in the 1800s, around the turn of the century, well up into the 1960s, were hyper-focused on the role of metabolism in severe mental illness.

Schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, they were actually measuring levels of lactate and glucose and other kind of metabolic biomarkers in people with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, these metabolic disruptions is potentially the cause of mental illness. And then our field lost its way. We became focused on neurotransmitters and assumed that they were the primary cause of mental illness.

Schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, they were actually measuring levels of lactate and glucose and other kind of metabolic biomarkers in people with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, these metabolic disruptions is potentially the cause of mental illness. And then our field lost its way. We became focused on neurotransmitters and assumed that they were the primary cause of mental illness.

Schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, they were actually measuring levels of lactate and glucose and other kind of metabolic biomarkers in people with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, these metabolic disruptions is potentially the cause of mental illness. And then our field lost its way. We became focused on neurotransmitters and assumed that they were the primary cause of mental illness.

while other fields were focused on psychological and social factors. You know, we got cognitive behavioral therapy. We still had psychodynamic psychotherapy. But people were doing research on adverse childhood experiences. That was really taking off, documenting that that's related. And so, you know, the field kind of splintered into these biological, psychological, social camps.

while other fields were focused on psychological and social factors. You know, we got cognitive behavioral therapy. We still had psychodynamic psychotherapy. But people were doing research on adverse childhood experiences. That was really taking off, documenting that that's related. And so, you know, the field kind of splintered into these biological, psychological, social camps.

while other fields were focused on psychological and social factors. You know, we got cognitive behavioral therapy. We still had psychodynamic psychotherapy. But people were doing research on adverse childhood experiences. That was really taking off, documenting that that's related. And so, you know, the field kind of splintered into these biological, psychological, social camps.

And people really hyper-focused in all of these ways. To me, this field of integrating metabolism with mental health, with physical health, is about unifying that whole story. It's about unifying and building on what these researchers 100 years ago were pursuing. It's about integrating the biological, psychological, and social camps.

And people really hyper-focused in all of these ways. To me, this field of integrating metabolism with mental health, with physical health, is about unifying that whole story. It's about unifying and building on what these researchers 100 years ago were pursuing. It's about integrating the biological, psychological, and social camps.

And people really hyper-focused in all of these ways. To me, this field of integrating metabolism with mental health, with physical health, is about unifying that whole story. It's about unifying and building on what these researchers 100 years ago were pursuing. It's about integrating the biological, psychological, and social camps.

It's about putting it all together and stop being so reductionistic and simplistic to suggest that it's all biological or it's all psychological or it's all social and that if it's one, it can't be the other. It can be all of them. And it's different combinations for different people.

It's about putting it all together and stop being so reductionistic and simplistic to suggest that it's all biological or it's all psychological or it's all social and that if it's one, it can't be the other. It can be all of them. And it's different combinations for different people.

It's about putting it all together and stop being so reductionistic and simplistic to suggest that it's all biological or it's all psychological or it's all social and that if it's one, it can't be the other. It can be all of them. And it's different combinations for different people.

So in many ways, I'm just standing on the shoulders of giants who have done groundbreaking work to create the science that allows us to put this all together. With that said, I do firmly believe that we are on the cusp of a revolutionary change in the paradigm of the mental health field, of how we think about mental illness. You know, there are myriad biological things.

So in many ways, I'm just standing on the shoulders of giants who have done groundbreaking work to create the science that allows us to put this all together. With that said, I do firmly believe that we are on the cusp of a revolutionary change in the paradigm of the mental health field, of how we think about mental illness. You know, there are myriad biological things.