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Aug 2023
1h 19m

Metabolism, Brain Energy, and Mental Hea...

RICK HANSON, PH.D., FORREST HANSON
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Dr. Chris Palmer, assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, joins Forrest to discuss the relationship between metabolic function and mental illness. They discuss Dr. Palmer’s work with patients suffering from severe conditions like schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder, psychiatry’s current challenges with treatment-resistant conditio ... Show More
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