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The Truth About ADHD in Adults: Harvard’s Dr. Chris Palmer Explains the Research

with Dr. Chris Palmer, MD

Struggling to stay focused, finish projects, or manage your hyperactive brain?

Dr. Chris Palmer, founder of McLean Hospital’s Metabolic & Mental Health Program, shares expert advice on ADHD and how to improve focus.

Learn subtle ADHD signs, how medications work, and alternative strategies like brain-boosting exercises and elimination diets to improve mental health.

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The ADHD brain is not broken—it’s wired differently. The problem is our modern world forces people with ADHD to fit into rigid systems instead of working with how their brains naturally thrive.

Dr. Chris Palmer, MD

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Dr. Chris Palmer, MD

Dr. Chris Palmer is currently the director of the Department of Postgraduate and Continuing Education at McLean Hospital, assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and thought leader in the connection between mental and metabolic health.

 

 

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    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.

    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.

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