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Brain Energy

A Revolutionary Breakthrough in Understanding Mental Health—and Improving Treatment for Anxiety, Depression, OCD, PTSD, and More

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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; and
  • new treatments available today that listeners 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.

©2022 Christopher Palmer (P)2022 Blackstone Publishing
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Everyone needs to read Brain Energy. Dr. Palmer’s work is thorough, life-changing and hopeful.

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who knew that green leafy produce wants to kill us and mess with our minds through inflammation. Not only will they cause joint pain, arthritis, plack in our arteries they even can cause mental health illnesses. Have a read and find out how you can improve your wellness

what a revelation that food we thought was health is trying to destroy us

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This book is written and read very clearly. Being a mother of child with mental illness it’s gives you great knowledge. Thank you

Very Insight full.

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How refreshing for a person immersed in western medicine to put two and two together and come up with something that makes perfect sense AND supports the ideas and beliefs of so many holistic practitioners.
I really dig it when conventional docs can see beyond just what they were taught in school and really expand their minds and hearts.
I hope this book catches on like wildfire during a lightning storm on a balmy Canadian summer afternoon. 🔥

Love me some deductive reasoning!!

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If only doctors thought about this in terms of treating and diagnosing patients. This approach could change the world and also lead to better health outcomes. Largely our health care approaches lead to more negative outcomes, especially over the long term and especially for those with mental health issues. Great book, I hope it gets out and helps shift the way we deliver care.

Absolutely love it!

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