Brain Energy, Christopher M. Palmer MD
Brain Energy, Christopher M. Palmer MD
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Brain Energy
A Revolutionary Breakthrough in Understanding Mental Health—and Improving Treatment for Anxiety, Depression, OCD, PTSD, and More

Author: Christopher M. Palmer MD

Narrator: Christopher M. Palmer MD

Unabridged: 12 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/15/2022

Synopsis

This is the book that will forever change the way we understand and treat mental health. If you or someone you love is affected by mental illness, it might change your life.We are in the midst of a global mental health crisis, and mental illnesses are on the rise. But what causes mental illness? And why are mental health problems so hard to treat? Drawing on decades of research, Harvard psychiatrist Dr. Chris Palmer outlines a revolutionary new understanding that for the first time unites our existing knowledge about mental illness within a single framework: mental disorders are metabolic disorders of the brain. Brain Energy explains this new understanding of mental illness in detail, from symptoms and risk factors to what is happening in brain cells. Palmer also sheds light on the new treatment pathways this theory opens up—which apply to all mental disorders, including anxiety, depression, ADHD, alcoholism, eating disorders, bipolar disorder, autism, and even schizophrenia. Brain Energy pairs cutting-edge science with practical advice and strategies to help people reclaim their mental health.This groundbreaking book reveals: why classifying mental disorders as “separate” conditions is misleading;the clear connections between mental illness and disorders linked to metabolism, including diabetes, heart attacks, strokes, pain disorders, obesity, Alzheimer’s disease, and epilepsy;the link between metabolism and every factor known to play a role in mental health, including genetics, inflammation, hormones, neurotransmitters, sleep, stress, and trauma;the evidence that current mental health treatments, including both medications and therapies, likely work by affecting metabolism; andnew treatments available today that readers can use to promote long-term healing.Palmer puts together the pieces of the mental illness puzzle to provide answers and offer hope. Brain Energy will transform the field of mental health, and the lives of countless people around the world.

About Christopher M. Palmer MD

Christopher M. Palmer, MD, is a Harvard psychiatrist and researcher working at the interface between metabolism and mental health. He is the director of the Department of Postgraduate and Continuing Education at McLean Hospital and an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. For more than two decades, he has held leadership roles in psychiatric education at Harvard, McLean Hospital, and nationally. He spent more than 15 years conducting neuroscience research in the areas of substance use and sleep disorders. On top of these academic pursuits, he has continued to practice psychiatry, working with people who have treatment-resistant mental disorders using a variety of standard treatments. He has been pioneering the use of the medical ketogenic diet in the treatment of psychiatric disorders—conducting research in this area, treating patients, publishing academic articles, and speaking globally on this topic. Most recently, he has developed the first comprehensive theory of what causes mental illness, integrating biological, psychological, and social research into one unifying theory—the brain energy theory of mental illness.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lynn on December 06, 2022

This is one of those books that when you tell people what it's about, they sort of think you've been suckered by some YouTube conspiracy theorist while watching too much late-night infomercial TV. Why? A main takeaway is that a possible treatment for mental illness, including schizoaffective disorde......more

Goodreads review by Brent on December 18, 2022

While the information included in this book is undoubtedly helpful, it takes a long time to get to the portion that will help out the average reader. Tons of the first 80% of the book dances around neuroscientific and psychiatric terminology, trying to make it seem like these are facets of our norma......more

Goodreads review by Allison on May 13, 2023

I hate to write a poor review of someone else’s work, especially when my attempts at a book would be horrible. But honestly, I kept wondering why I was reading this. There is nothing new in this book, and there are many other books on the same topic that engage the reader in fresh perspectives and d......more

Goodreads review by Morgan on July 23, 2024

Lots of promise here. Some very helpful ideas and interventions. A little premature. But definitely worth reading.......more

Goodreads review by Erin on February 18, 2023

I’m now a Chris Palmer groupie. I want to be the president of his fan club! He likens all mental health problems I.e., anxiety, depression, ocd, bipolar—you name it, to a common problem: metabolism and mitochondria. This book is very science-based so if you don’t find that stuff compelling, you migh......more

Quotes

“Brain Energy provides a long-awaited unifying mechanism underlying a vast spectrum of mental illness conditions. And this new paradigm will undoubtedly usher in potent therapeutic interventions for pervasive psychiatric conditions for which standard pharmaceutical approaches have proven minimally effective.”

David Perlmutter, MD, #1 New York Times bestselling author

“Brain Energy is a dramatic breakthrough in understanding mental illness by a leading Harvard psychiatrist who provides a revolutionary road map for people suffering from depression, anxiety, bipolar disease, [and] in fact, almost any brain disorder.”

Mark Hyman, MD, New York Times bestselling author

“Takes a provocative and insightful look into the origins of mental disorders, which have profound implications for how we treat the disease.”

Jason Fung, MD, author of The Diabetes Code

“Psychiatry will never be the same…Christopher Palmer poses the hypothesis, supports it with data, and, in my humble opinion, nails the treatment: Feed the brain what it needs.”

Robert H. Lustig, MD, MSL, professor emeritus of pediatrics at University of California, San Francisco, and New York Times bestselling author

“Brain Energy is a book all psychiatric professionals should read as a useful criticism of our field’s major deficits. It is a book all people should read to understand how much they can do (and not do) for the sake of their mental health.”

LoisW. Choi-Kain, MD, director of the Gunderson Personality Disorders Institute and assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School

Awards

  • #1 Amazon bestseller
  • Foreword Indies Award
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