Dr. Chris Palmer

And we start putting her on pills and those pills make her gain 40 pounds. And then two years later, she develops her first psychotic episode. And we think the mental health field right now just says, well, she just had a bad illness. Our treatments, the obesity, none of that had anything to do with her illness. new brain symptoms, it's painful to think about that.

It's been painful for me as a psychiatrist to think about that.

It's been painful for me as a psychiatrist to think about that.

It's been painful for me as a psychiatrist to think about that.

I was trained a certain way and I was prescribing those pills and I still prescribe those pills in some situations to patients. And to think that I may have contributed to people's chronic mental health conditions, it goes all the way from I feel guilt-ridden, I feel disgusted with myself, I feel nauseated.

I was trained a certain way and I was prescribing those pills and I still prescribe those pills in some situations to patients. And to think that I may have contributed to people's chronic mental health conditions, it goes all the way from I feel guilt-ridden, I feel disgusted with myself, I feel nauseated.

I was trained a certain way and I was prescribing those pills and I still prescribe those pills in some situations to patients. And to think that I may have contributed to people's chronic mental health conditions, it goes all the way from I feel guilt-ridden, I feel disgusted with myself, I feel nauseated.

If I really let myself think about the patients and the level of suffering and pain they experienced, the decimation to their lives, the suicides, the people who are dead, when I really think about that, it's nauseating to think that our current treatments contributed to that or may have contributed to that. And what I'm saying is that the science is finally coming together.

If I really let myself think about the patients and the level of suffering and pain they experienced, the decimation to their lives, the suicides, the people who are dead, when I really think about that, it's nauseating to think that our current treatments contributed to that or may have contributed to that. And what I'm saying is that the science is finally coming together.

If I really let myself think about the patients and the level of suffering and pain they experienced, the decimation to their lives, the suicides, the people who are dead, when I really think about that, it's nauseating to think that our current treatments contributed to that or may have contributed to that. And what I'm saying is that the science is finally coming together.

So if there are any clinicians, psychiatrists, please do your research. Google it, PubMed, search it, do whatever you need to do. Most of your listeners are not psychiatrists and scientists. But what I'm here to tell everyone is that the science has come together. The science is coming together. We have this outline which calls for a paradigm shift.

So if there are any clinicians, psychiatrists, please do your research. Google it, PubMed, search it, do whatever you need to do. Most of your listeners are not psychiatrists and scientists. But what I'm here to tell everyone is that the science has come together. The science is coming together. We have this outline which calls for a paradigm shift.

So if there are any clinicians, psychiatrists, please do your research. Google it, PubMed, search it, do whatever you need to do. Most of your listeners are not psychiatrists and scientists. But what I'm here to tell everyone is that the science has come together. The science is coming together. We have this outline which calls for a paradigm shift.

A paradigm shift in how we think about mental health and how we treat it. And to put it in the simplest terms, we need to pair and integrate physical health and mental health. All your listeners are gonna say, yeah, duh, of course. Well, then why are we prescribing pills that are causing physical health conditions?

A paradigm shift in how we think about mental health and how we treat it. And to put it in the simplest terms, we need to pair and integrate physical health and mental health. All your listeners are gonna say, yeah, duh, of course. Well, then why are we prescribing pills that are causing physical health conditions?

A paradigm shift in how we think about mental health and how we treat it. And to put it in the simplest terms, we need to pair and integrate physical health and mental health. All your listeners are gonna say, yeah, duh, of course. Well, then why are we prescribing pills that are causing physical health conditions?

Why are we prescribing pills that are causing massive weight gain, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, premature mortality? On average, people with mental illness, anyone, take your pick, any mental illness, people diagnosed with a mental illness are dying early deaths. On average, men are losing 10 years of life. Women are losing seven years of life. And the primary cause of death

Why are we prescribing pills that are causing massive weight gain, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, premature mortality? On average, people with mental illness, anyone, take your pick, any mental illness, people diagnosed with a mental illness are dying early deaths. On average, men are losing 10 years of life. Women are losing seven years of life. And the primary cause of death

Why are we prescribing pills that are causing massive weight gain, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, premature mortality? On average, people with mental illness, anyone, take your pick, any mental illness, people diagnosed with a mental illness are dying early deaths. On average, men are losing 10 years of life. Women are losing seven years of life. And the primary cause of death

is not suicide, the primary cause of death are heart attacks and strokes, just 10 years earlier than everyone else. And we are turning a blind eye to this. I'm less concerned, quite honestly, I'm less concerned about the end of life if you die happy at 70 instead of 80, whatever. I mean, to the people who love you, it's a big deal. And I don't mean to minimize that or be dismissive of that.