As a medical school professor, I taught that psychiatric drugs fix "chemical imbalances." But a new Nature Mental Health paper from Stanford just flipped that model.
Dr. Sh...
#MetabolicPsychiatry #MentalHealth #MetabolicDysfunction #BrainHealth #Longevity
https://doi.org/10.1038/s44220-026-00609-5
Hope + honesty.
Curiosity + rigor.
That’s the standard.
#Psychiatry #Schizophrenia #MetabolicPsychiatry #NutritionalPsychiatry #PsychiatryUnfiltered #keto #ketodiet #mentalhealth
Great to see our Hub PI Prof Daniel Smith presenting today at the RPsych in Scotland Winter Conference!
If you're attending, take a moment to speak with Hub researchers about our METPSY study and more!
Programme 👉 tinyurl.com/3b3pbsex
#MetabolicPsychiatry #Research #RPsychScotland
"People with mental illness are dying 15 years earlier."
"The primary cause of death in the mentally ill is cardiovascular disease. It's just happening 15yrs earlier." #MetabolicDisease #MetabolicPsychiatry #SavingLives
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1az...
As the year comes to a close we'd like to extend a huge thank you to everyone who contributed to and supported the Hub for Metabolic Psychiatry this year.
Stay tuned for more in 2026! ✨
#metabolicpsychiatry #research #mentalhealth #SMI
Registration is now OPEN for our Special Lecture with Prof Mark Frye!
📅 21st Jan 2026
⏰ 4-5pm GMT
📍 In-Person & Online
🎟️Register: tinyurl.com/yx44adcx
#metabolicpsychiatry #mentalhealth #research #lecture
People with poorer glucose control show faster learning from rewards, in turn linked to higher depression symptoms. This suggests a neurocognitive bridge between metabolic disease and mood: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsgos.2025.100645
#MetabolicPsychiatry #Interoception #Depression
🚨 New Job Opportunity !🚨
Five-year postdoctoral position working with the Metabolic Psychiatry team @EdinburghUni on the @wellcometrust-funded ENERGISE-BD randomised controlled trial 👇
🔗Apply by 13th Nov: tinyurl.com/metbd2024
#metabolicpsychiatry #bipolardisorder
🌍 This #WorldMentalHealthDay, we reflect on the progress made by the Hub for Metabolic Psychiatry over the past year.
Read our latest blog to see how far we’ve come and what’s next for the field 👇
🔗 www.metabolicpsychiatryhub.com/blog/celebra...
#MetabolicPsychiatry #MentalHealthResearch
Our study in @JAMAPsych ja.ma/4lVx1eu Using 🧬 we found that disruptions in #energy pathways link to specific #MDD symptoms (⬆️ appetite & sleep). This suggests a #depression profile linked to #metabolic risk, opening doors to targeted treatments. #metabolicpsychiatry
#MetabolicPsychiatry encourages a whole-body perspective on mental illness, acknowledging that physical health and mental health influence each other. Many risk factors can negatively impact metabolism and mental health, and a key priority is to identify the directionality of these relationships.
📢 To keep up to date with news from the Hub, make sure to check out our blog and subscribe to our mailing list at www.metabolicpsychiatryhub.com!
You can also learn more about the latest opportunities in our May newsletter 👇
tinyurl.com/hubnews1
#metabolicpsychiatry #research #news
Fantastic opportunity to join our Workstream 4 team at King's College London as a fully funded PhD Student 🧠🎓
Still plenty of time to apply! See below for more details👇
#metabolicpsychiatry #phd #research #metabolicinterventions #SMI
(00:14:00) Artist → neuroscientist plot-twist (00:17:46) Creativity, bipolar, & the Kaye Redfield Jamison spark (00:20:26) How & why we met on X/Twitter, defying the norms of academia, & building a movement together (00:26:30) Ableism in research spaces & how we fight back (00:31:34) Childhood in bipolar's shadow: therapy at three & "casserole syndrome" (00:38:42) Stigma lessons, dignity, & mourning a living ghost (00:43:02) College crash: color-coding moods → diagnosis at 20 (00:46:30) Types | & Il, mixed states, spectrum-& living every corner of it (00:53:00) Compliance # acceptance: owning the illness vs. just taking meds (01:05:52) Losing sleep, losing friendships, & the 24/7 second job of self-monitoring (01:17:46) Seasonal mood whiplash & March-mania defenses (01:22:54) Keto, & lithium 2.0 (01:34:12) Daily IV ketamine, accelerated TMS, & pluralism (01:44:30) A brutally honest convo about chronic suicidality (01:52:00) Redefining stability, building lived-experience science
In Pt. 1, @mayaschumer.bsky.social shares her full experience across 3 decades:
☯️ Growing up w/ a father with Bipolar 1
☯️Her own journey from Bipolar 2 → 1
☯️ Hospitalizations
☯️ Lithium
☯️ Chronic s#icidality
☯️ #MetabolicPsychiatry
☯️ IV k3tam!ne
☯️ TMS
☯️ Redefining “stability”
Read full topics below ⬇️
Read more about the study from @kingsioppn.bsky.social
👇
tinyurl.com/glp1hub25
#metabolicpsychiatry #research #SMI #mentalhealth
🧠 This #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek, we're proud to be part of the UKRI Mental Health Platform, advancing research into severe mental illness (SMI) and driving real change through collaboration.
Learn more 👇
🔗 mentalhealthplatform.ac.uk
#MetabolicPsychiatry #SMI #Collaboration #Community
🚨 Last chance to Participate! 🚨
Our Priority Setting Partnership Survey to identify the top 10 research priorities in #metabolicpsychiatry closes on 18th May
📰🔗 Survey Link: tinyurl.com/25hubsurvey
You can also learn more about Joanne's research interests by heading over to the Hub blog! 👇
tinyurl.com/inconversati...
#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek #MetabolicPsychiatry #AI #MentalHealthResearch #Neuroscience #AIInHealthcare #RisingStar #OpenScience #MetabolicPsych
This is an outstanding opportunity for postdoctoral researchers to develop their research career within a creative and supportive multidisciplinary environment.
Any questions please get in touch!
#mentalhealthawarenessweek #metabolicpsychiatry #community #research
Use the link below to access a 5-minute anonymous survey to have your voice heard
Survey open until 18 May qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_... More info: www.metabolicpsychiatryhub.com/takepart
#MentalHealthResearch #SMI #MetabolicHealth #MetabolicPsychiatry
For more info on the Priority Setting Partnership visit: metabolicpsychiatryhub.com/takepart
@kingsioppn.bsky.social @mhplatform.bsky.social @baszuckigroup.bsky.social @edinburghuni.bsky.social
@jameslindalliance.bsky.social @ukri.org
#MentalHealth #SMI #MetabolicHealth #MetabolicPsychiatry
🌟 Metabolic Interactions Workshop for INCR Colleagues
@EdinburghUni 🌟
📅 Thurs 27th March
⏰ 1.30 - 5.00pm
📍 Edinburgh Futures Institute Lecture Theatre
Registrations close today! ➡️ tinyurl.com/INCRHub
#metabolicpsychiatry #research #collaboration
Very excited about our latest paper with #MaryPhillips and #JudithFord highlighting the importance of #metabolism in mental health. The article introduces a special issue on metabolism and the emerging field of #metabolicpsychiatry in #BiologicalPsychiatryCNNI!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🌟TODAY! 🌟
Really looking forward to our first Hub Special Lecture with Dr Ben Perry this afternoon! There's still time to register to attend online & in person! 👇
www.metabolicpsychiatryhub.com/events/event...
#metabolicpsychiatry #cardiometabolic #SMI #research #lecture #mentalhealth #metabolism
🌟 Metabolic Interactions Workshop for INCR Colleagues @edinburghuni.bsky.social 🌟
📅 Thursday 27th March 2025
🕰️ 1.30 - 5.00pm
📍 Edinburgh Futures Institute Lecture Theatre
Please register ➡️ tinyurl.com/INCRHub
#metabolicpsychiatry #collaboration #research
🌟 NEW on the blog! 🌟
Meet Christina Steyn, a PhD student on the Wellcome Trust Translational Neuroscience programme here in Edinburgh, with a keen interest in uncovering the biological basis of psychiatric disorders 👇
tinyurl.com/hubblogcs
#metabolicpsychiatry #biomarkers #PhD #InConversation
🚨 One week to go! 🚨
Join us on Weds 5th March for our first special lecture with guest speaker Dr Benjamin Perry!
Make sure to register 👉 tinyurl.com/hubreg1
#metabolicpsychiatry #research #SMI #metabolism
Our new study in Translational Psychiatry showed that acylcarnitines (involved in mitochondrial #energy production) were linked to the presence+severity of #depression. Bioenergetic pathways may open new avenues in psychiatry #MetabolicPsychiatry check the paper ➡️: rdcu.be/eaWoN
🌟Our NEW Website is now live! 🌟
Head over to metabolicpsychiatryhub.com for the latest on our research, upcoming events, opportunities and more!
#metabolicpsychiatry #hub #mentalhealth #research
