Author

Books by Christopher M. Palmer

Christopher M. Palmer is a psychiatrist and neuroscientist at Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital, where he directs the Department of Postgraduate and Continuing Education. He has spent his career treating patients with severe and treatment-resistant mental illness and has published research on the relationship between metabolism and psychiatric conditions. Brain Energy, published in 2022, represents the synthesis of his clinical experience and his research into mitochondrial function and brain health. Palmer has lectured widely on metabolic approaches to mental illness and continues to practice psychiatry at Harvard.