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Maya Schumer, PhD! retweeted
Today marks a historic milestone for metabolic psychiatry!
Baszucki Group is launching the Global Network for the Advancement of Metabolic Psychiatry (MetPsy), alongside a $20 million investment to establish the McLean Center for Metabolic Psychiatry at McLean Hospital, a Harvard Medical School affiliate.
For years, I've argued that mental disorders can be understood as metabolic disorders impacting the brain. Advancing this field requires rigorous scientific research, innovative clinical care, and education and training to bring emerging discoveries into clinical practice.
This investment will help advance all three.
I'm particularly excited to be leading the education and training initiatives at both McLean Hospital and MH². We'll be developing clinical case conferences, journal clubs, symposia, CME programs, and other opportunities for clinicians and scientists to learn, collaborate, and help shape the future of metabolic psychiatry.
I am deeply grateful to Baszucki Group for their extraordinary commitment to this field and to the many researchers, clinicians, patients, and families who have helped bring us to this moment.
Patients deserve better treatments, and together, we have an opportunity to transform mental health care.
Read the full announcement:
mh2.health/announcement/x
Maya Schumer, PhD! retweeted
I am always grateful for the vulnerability and sometimes painful realities that come with lived experience.
Thank you again to @SchumerMaya for sharing resources and suggestions on how people can show up for their loved ones in support, not judgmental or punitive ways.
Maya Schumer, PhD! retweeted
Shared with permission from @SchumerMaya
Yesterday at #ISBD2026 , I listened to the expert panel of managing chronic suicidality in bipolar disorder.
In Maya’s beautiful rock analogy, “pretending it doesn’t exist doesn’t serve me” resonated with me the most.
Maya Schumer, PhD! retweeted
A conversation led by lived experience.
“Metabolic therapies completely changed the trajectory of my mental health and gave me a new understanding of what recovery can look like.” —Donika Hristova, Metabolic Mind Fresh Start Award recipient
Donika is joining the lived experience panel for @accordmetabolic alongside familiar faces from our community like @SchumerMaya and @LWSchizophrenia, moderated by Sophie Kwass.
They’ll discuss how metabolic psychiatry can help people move toward greater self-agency and recovery.
🗓️ July 23
⏰ 3-4 PM CDT
🎓 1 CE hour, CMEs and CNEs available
Find the link to register in the post below.
Maya Schumer, PhD! retweeted
Looking forward to being part of this metabolic health & mental health CME course- Sept 16-19, 2026. This is an exciting, rapidly-growing field📈 that is already having ripple effects. Check it out👇👇👇🥑🧠🤓
Mental health and metabolic health are deeply interconnected, and the science is advancing rapidly.
Join us virtually for this Harvard Medical School-accredited CME/CE course September 16–19, 2026.
We'll explore the latest research and practical clinical applications related to mental health, metabolism, nutrition, lifestyle interventions, and integrated care models.
Only 9 days left to take advantage of the early registration discount.
I hope you'll join us!
learn.hms.harvard.edu/progra…
Maya Schumer, PhD! retweeted
We're excited to see this field get the Harvard stage it deserves!
Earn up to 26 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits in a single live online conference and hear from several members of our community, including @chrispalmermd, @bretschermd, @mitopsychobio, @GuidoFrank, @DrGlandt, @KaniaZupec, @KetoPotterRDN, @matthewbaszucki, @IainCampbellPhD, @Radiantbeasting, and @LWSchizophrenia.
🗓️ Sept 16-19
Find the link to register in the post below.
Mental health and metabolic health are deeply interconnected, and the science is advancing rapidly.
Join us virtually for this Harvard Medical School-accredited CME/CE course September 16–19, 2026.
We'll explore the latest research and practical clinical applications related to mental health, metabolism, nutrition, lifestyle interventions, and integrated care models.
Only 9 days left to take advantage of the early registration discount.
I hope you'll join us!
learn.hms.harvard.edu/progra…
Maya Schumer, PhD! retweeted
"Saying most mental illnesses are related to metabolism is reductionistic."
Only if you think this chart is "reductionistic."
Maya Schumer, PhD! retweeted
Great things happening at @CPDDorg in Portland today. First-ever lived experience track and man did it feel good. Thanks to @RecoveryDoctor @GarlandGerber @KeithNHumphreys @wkepner
Maya Schumer, PhD! retweeted
Mental health and metabolic health are deeply interconnected, and the science is advancing rapidly.
Join us virtually for this Harvard Medical School-accredited CME/CE course September 16–19, 2026.
We'll explore the latest research and practical clinical applications related to mental health, metabolism, nutrition, lifestyle interventions, and integrated care models.
Only 9 days left to take advantage of the early registration discount.
I hope you'll join us!
learn.hms.harvard.edu/progra…
Maya Schumer, PhD! retweeted
This video from the American Psychiatric Association is something I wasn't sure I'd ever see the likes of.
Thank you @janellison for catalysing this shift.
Maya Schumer, PhD! retweeted
Understanding the brain and mental health from an energetic perspective ushers psychiatry into its next phase of evolution. Exciting times!
Maya Schumer, PhD! retweeted
This a study of ketogenic therapy in young people with mood disorders, please share with anyone who may be interested!
cmhrc.org/keto-long-study/
Maya Schumer, PhD! retweeted
I was sleeping in a lifeguard tower on a beach in Los Angeles.
I had a bag of clothes, my laptop, and about three weeks of homelessness behind me. And I was floridly psychotic. I woke up in a Denny's one morning with no memory of how I got there. I was posting rap videos on Snapchat because I believed I was going to be famous.
My dad found me at a Starbucks. My parents had been looking for me for days.
That was the beginning of my fourth and final psychiatric hospitalization. I was 21.
Three years later my mom found research on ketogenic diets for bipolar disorder. I went ketogenic. The mania stopped. I haven't been hospitalized since.
I'm telling you this because somewhere, right now, there is a parent who has been told their child is treatment-resistant. That this is just going to be their life.
There is hope in ketogenic and metabolic therapies.
Maya Schumer, PhD! retweeted
Severe mental illness can ruin a life.
Effective treatment can restore it.
I was sleeping in a lifeguard tower on a beach in Los Angeles.
I had a bag of clothes, my laptop, and about three weeks of homelessness behind me. And I was floridly psychotic. I woke up in a Denny's one morning with no memory of how I got there. I was posting rap videos on Snapchat because I believed I was going to be famous.
My dad found me at a Starbucks. My parents had been looking for me for days.
That was the beginning of my fourth and final psychiatric hospitalization. I was 21.
Three years later my mom found research on ketogenic diets for bipolar disorder. I went ketogenic. The mania stopped. I haven't been hospitalized since.
I'm telling you this because somewhere, right now, there is a parent who has been told their child is treatment-resistant. That this is just going to be their life.
There is hope in ketogenic and metabolic therapies.
Maya Schumer, PhD! retweeted
“For the first time since I can remember, I felt the weight of depression lift from my mind.”
🎥 In this video, leading clinicians, researchers, and experts by experience share how ketogenic therapy is being used to support brain health and improve depressive symptoms, especially in cases where traditional treatments have fallen short.
👇 Check the first comment for a link to our new Keto for Depression Topic Page, highlighting all the available scientific evidence, expert insights, real-life stories, and resources for those exploring ketogenic therapy for depression
Maya Schumer, PhD! retweeted
🧵This World Bipolar Day there is reason for optimism.
Lived experience, alongside emerging research in metabolic psychiatry, is expanding how bipolar is understood and what may be possible overtime.
Here are some of our top resources highlighting the potential of ketogenic therapy for those living with bipolar disorder. 👇
Maya Schumer, PhD! retweeted
Can ketogenic therapy help treat depression? 🧠
Dr. Julie Milder interviews @fagomes1981 about his new pilot study, delivering a fully remote ketogenic trial, and his vision for building a metabolic psychiatry clinic.
Maya Schumer, PhD! retweeted
Dive into the personal stories highlighted in the article by visiting their THINK+SMART profiles:
Maya Schumer (@SchumerMaya): metabolicmind.org/thinksmart…
Lewis Anstee (@LewisXCIV): metabolicmind.org/thinksmart…
Hear more success stories from other members of our community: metabolicmind.org/thinksmart…
Maya Schumer, PhD! retweeted
Can a ketogenic diet really improve mental health?
In this video, @bschermd breaks down a new piece published in @nytimes highlighting some of the existing early research looking at ketogenic therapy for serious mental illness alongside several success stories from members of the Metabolic Mind community.
We are thankful to the many incredible researchers and practitioners who have helped pioneer the field of metabolic psychiatry, including those featured in this article like @ChrisPalmerMD, @ShebaniMD, and @IainCampbellPhD. We're also grateful to the many individuals who have been willing to openly share their personal experiences to inspire others who could benefit from ketogenic therapy.