Dr. Christopher Palmer: ...you are really worth something

Nobody Told Me!

Business, Entrepreneurship

4.2 • 671 Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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What causes mental illness and what can be done to treat it? We explore those questions with our guest, Harvard psychiatrist Dr. Christopher Palmer, who’s the author of a new book that could change your life or that of a loved one who’s struggling with mental illness. Dr. Palmer’s book is called, "Brain Energy: A Revolutionary Breakthrough in Understanding Mental Health—and Improving Treatment for Anxiety, Depression, OCD, PTSD, and More".

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0:00.0	Welcome to Nobody Told Me. I'm Laura Owens, and I'm Jan Black. On this episode, we'll get an in-depth look at the latest thinking on what causes mental illness and what can be done to treat it. Our guest is Harvard psychiatrist Dr. Christopher Palmer, who's the author of a new book
0:25.1	that could change your life or that of a loved one who's struggling with mental illness.
0:28.9	Dr. Palmer's book is called Brain Energy, a revolutionary breakthrough in understanding
0:35.0	mental health and improving treatment for anxiety, depression,
0:39.5	OCD, PTSD, and more. Dr. Palmer, thank you so much for joining us.
0:44.9	Thank you, Jan and Laura, for having me. I was really touched by the dedication to your book.
0:50.9	You dedicated the book to your late mother, and you said, to my mother,
0:55.1	my futile attempts to save you from the ravages of mental illness lit a fire in me that
1:00.3	burns to this day. I'm sorry, I didn't figure this out in time to help you. May you rest in
1:05.5	peace. Why was it important to you to dedicate it to her? I guess, you know, at the end of the day, I thought long
1:13.0	and hard about that. And I actually thought long and hard about including their story in the book
1:20.8	or some of my own personal struggles with mental illness in the book. And I decided not to include
1:26.5	them in the book because the book really is a science
1:30.1	book. It's meant to challenge the mental health field and hopefully advance and transform
1:35.1	the mental health field. And I really wanted to stick to science and facts and make it less
1:40.7	of a personal story about myself. But at the end of the day, the reason I became a psychiatrist is because of my mom.
1:49.0	I saw how much mental illness devastated her life.
1:54.0	And I actually was quite angry at the mental health field for not being able to help her because she went to mental health professionals.
2:05.8	She went to counseling.
2:07.4	She took medications.
2:09.5	She was hospitalized.
2:11.4	She did everything that they asked her to do.
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