Dr. Chris Palmer

It's not rocket science. It's not that we were stupid 30 years ago and didn't know how to recognize it or diagnose it. There's another statistic called deaths of despair, which include the opioid overdose deaths, but includes suicides and other causes of death, alcohol-related deaths. That is at an all-time high, at least since the Great Depression.

I think we actually just a year or two ago surpassed the Great Depression. And the reason that's important is not because the Great Depression was a lot of metabolic health conditions. The Great Depression was tremendous pain, suffering, despair, lives being destroyed, 25% unemployment rate, people standing in line for food to feed their children, people losing all of their life savings.

I think we actually just a year or two ago surpassed the Great Depression. And the reason that's important is not because the Great Depression was a lot of metabolic health conditions. The Great Depression was tremendous pain, suffering, despair, lives being destroyed, 25% unemployment rate, people standing in line for food to feed their children, people losing all of their life savings.

I think we actually just a year or two ago surpassed the Great Depression. And the reason that's important is not because the Great Depression was a lot of metabolic health conditions. The Great Depression was tremendous pain, suffering, despair, lives being destroyed, 25% unemployment rate, people standing in line for food to feed their children, people losing all of their life savings.

And there was no social security program back then. There were no government resources to make sure people weren't homeless. And when people are facing that kind of monumental despair, their lives are ruined. They go out and drink themselves to death. They kill themselves on purpose. They do all sorts of things. We are nowhere near that level of pain and suffering in theory.

And there was no social security program back then. There were no government resources to make sure people weren't homeless. And when people are facing that kind of monumental despair, their lives are ruined. They go out and drink themselves to death. They kill themselves on purpose. They do all sorts of things. We are nowhere near that level of pain and suffering in theory.

And there was no social security program back then. There were no government resources to make sure people weren't homeless. And when people are facing that kind of monumental despair, their lives are ruined. They go out and drink themselves to death. They kill themselves on purpose. They do all sorts of things. We are nowhere near that level of pain and suffering in theory.

You look at our economy, there's no comparison.

You look at our economy, there's no comparison.

You look at our economy, there's no comparison.

We do. And we have safety nets. If nothing else, safety, it's not like you're living a life of luxury with a safety net.

We do. And we have safety nets. If nothing else, safety, it's not like you're living a life of luxury with a safety net.

We do. And we have safety nets. If nothing else, safety, it's not like you're living a life of luxury with a safety net.

But you are in a home with electricity, with heat. You're in a home with food. Yes. you're not standing on the street begging people for food so that you can feed your starving child the deaths of despair are higher than that period why what is the root cause as a psychiatrist would you say is the root cause of you know all these different mental health disorders and diseases

But you are in a home with electricity, with heat. You're in a home with food. Yes. you're not standing on the street begging people for food so that you can feed your starving child the deaths of despair are higher than that period why what is the root cause as a psychiatrist would you say is the root cause of you know all these different mental health disorders and diseases

But you are in a home with electricity, with heat. You're in a home with food. Yes. you're not standing on the street begging people for food so that you can feed your starving child the deaths of despair are higher than that period why what is the root cause as a psychiatrist would you say is the root cause of you know all these different mental health disorders and diseases

You know, I think those two statistics and those two periods, Great Depression and now, are really telling because the real story is complicated. I'm not here to say all of mental health is due to eating bad food or people being overweight or diabetic. I'm not here to say that. Because the Great Depression tells us a familiar story that most people know.

You know, I think those two statistics and those two periods, Great Depression and now, are really telling because the real story is complicated. I'm not here to say all of mental health is due to eating bad food or people being overweight or diabetic. I'm not here to say that. Because the Great Depression tells us a familiar story that most people know.

You know, I think those two statistics and those two periods, Great Depression and now, are really telling because the real story is complicated. I'm not here to say all of mental health is due to eating bad food or people being overweight or diabetic. I'm not here to say that. Because the Great Depression tells us a familiar story that most people know.

When you lose everything, when you're poverty-stricken, when you lose your life. So these are people who, say, take a man who had a wife and two kids. He's the provider. He loses his job. He can't feed his wife and two kids. The wife wasn't working. She was staying home, raising the kids. They are furious with him because he had $100 in the stock market and lost it all.