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The New Frontier of Mental Health (with Dr. Chris Palmer)

The Mark Divine Show

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The Paradox of Mitochondrial Dysfunction

Mental disorders represent cells in the brain malfunctioning, plain and simple. Each one of those things is impacting the mitochondria, which is then impacting the brain's behavior. Different brain regions are more vulnerable to metabolic failure than others. The reason people have different symptoms of mental illness is because those symptoms represent different areas of thebrain malfunctioning.

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