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The Doctor's Farmacy · February 4, 2026 · 54m
Fix the Brain, Change the Mind: Root-Cause Psychiatry
Robert Hedaya on whole-body psychiatry: treating mental illness by addressing metabolic, hormonal, inflammatory, and nutritional root causes rather than symptom suppression. Why the 'brain in a jar' model of psychiatry fails most patients.
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Hedaya describes his clinical use of ketogenic diets for treatment-resistant depression and bipolar disorder, reporting significant symptom improvement in patients who had failed multiple medications.
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Hedaya observes that patients recovering from metabolic brain dysfunction often describe 'becoming themselves again' — suggesting that mental illness obscures the true self, and metabolic recovery reveals it.
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