The Emerging Field of Metabolic Psychiatry | Dr. Shebani Sethi | Metabolic Link Ep. 24

In this week’s episode of The Metabolic Link, double board certified psychiatrist and obesity medicine physician, Dr. Shebani Sethi, takes us on a deep dive into the emerging field of metabolic psychiatry.
Dr. Shebani Sethi is a psychiatrist and obesity medicine physician at Stanford University School of Medicine. She is the founding director of the Stanford Metabolic Psychiatry Clinic, where she researches dietary and pharmacological interventions to improve metabolic health and mental illness. Her background and expertise in integrating low carbohydrate nutrition with psychiatric care has created the foundation for Dr. Sethi to effectively treat patients based on the link between metabolism and brain function.
In this episode, we cover:
-How Dr. Sethi implements metabolic therapy like ketogenic diets to improve psychiatric symptoms in patients
-Details on her clinical research, including a pilot study on ketogenic diets for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder
-Using ketosis for 15+ years to treat conditions like depression
-Hopes for metabolic psychiatry concepts to spread and integrated care to become more accessible
-Future studies examining fMRI brain imaging on ketogenic diets
If you’re interested in learning more about the body-brain connection and how metabolic dysfunction relates to mental illness, you won’t want to miss this episode!
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[@ggram0551]

Finally. Modern medicine is starting to "wake up," and "connect the dots," cudos to Dr. Sethi!

[@dyaneharwood2023]

I have enormous admiration for Dr. Sethi. She has inspired me throughout the past 14 months I've practiced a well-formulated vegan ketogenic diet for bipolar one disorder. I've remained on my bipolar medications yet I've reaped a myriad of enormous benefits from this new lifestyle. My 50 lb weight loss was only the beginning... I'm thrilled to share that I've mentioned Dr. Sethi, her work, and the Stanford Metabolic Psychiatry Clinic in articles that were recently published by the International Bipolar Foundation and The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance, two of the largest mental health nonprofits in the country. I look forward to Dr Sethi's future achievements in this amazing field. Dyane Harwood, B.A. Author, "Birth of a New Brain-Healing from Postpartum Bipolar Disorder"

[@franzbuchel7295]

Compliments for this connection of Psychiatry with Nutrition and metabolic health that is necessary since decades, but rarely tried- very promising!

[@jodydavison33]

Fantastic!!!

[@tby62]

Where can I fine a local metabolic psychiatrist. I’ve checked Dr Georgia ede directory - any other way? NY based.