The Power of Metabolic Psychiatry | Dr. Matt Bernstein - E428

Dr. Matt Bernstein is a clinical psychiatrist and leading voice in metabolic psychiatry, with 25 years of experience helping people achieve lasting mental health and functional recovery. A Columbia graduate (summa cum laude) and Penn-trained physician, he completed residency at MGH/McLean, where he served as chief resident and later held senior leadership roles. Now Chief Medical Officer at Ellenhorn, he develops innovative, community-based models for mental health care and serves on advisory boards advancing the metabolic psychiatry movement.

In this episode, Drs. Tro and Matthew talk about…

• (00:00) Intro

• (02:19) How Dr. Matthew found his way into metabolic psychiatry

• (05:53) Autoimmune encephalitis

• (09:59) Psychiatric health and the physical body

• (14:41) Infectious diseases causing psychiatric diseases

• (18:25) Psychiatric guidelines

• (23:04) How Dr. Matthew's clinic approaches the treatment of psychiatric disorders from a metabolic health perspective

• (26:31) How diet effects the brain

• (29:00) The most amazing case of disease reversal Dr. Matthew has seen recently

• (34:22) The data on the effectiveness of metabolic psychiatry and why many psychiatrists currently practicing are resistant to it

• (37:32) The great work being done to heal people at Accord Mental Health

• (43:27) Outro and plugs

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Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

Dr. Matt Bernstein:

• Accord Mental Health: https://accordmh.com/

• Ellenhorn: https://www.ellenhorn.com/

Dr. Brian Lenzkes:

• Website: https://arizonametabolichealth.com/

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianLenzkes?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author

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• Website: https://toward.health

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