🧵Dr. Maya Schumer’s Story: A Neuroscientist’s Journey from Suicidality to Stability After 11 years of hospitalizations, suicidality, and treatment-resistant bipolar disorder, Dr. Maya Schumer, who holds a PhD in neuroscience, experienced something she never thought possible: Lasting stability. Here’s how she got there 👇 @SchumerMaya

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…

Understanding the brain and mental health from an energetic perspective ushers psychiatry into its next phase of evolution. Exciting times!

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.

Join us at the SOBP Pre-Meeting on Metabolic Health in Severe Mental Illness, where we are co-hosting a full-day program exploring the intersection of metabolism and psychiatric care. Hear from leading experts across neuroscience, psychiatry, and metabolic health, from ketone biology to clinical applications. 📍 New York, NY 📅 April 29, 2026 🕣 8:30 AM – 6:00 PM Register: bit.ly/4cpCvvJ #SOBP #MetabolicPsychiatry #MentalHealthResearch

1/ Today, @alicegcallahan from the New York Times @nytimes published an article on ketogenic diets and serious mental illness. It feels fitting. (link below) It was exactly ten years ago today that our son @matthewbaszucki, at age 19, was involuntarily admitted to Stanford's psychiatric hospital for manic psychosis. After a diagnosis of Bipolar I and a five year battle with debilitating symptoms, he found @ChrisPalmerMD and started ketogenic and metabolic therapies. His symptoms have been in remission since early 2021, and today, he is still in ketosis and is thriving. I just had the pleasure of watching Matthew present his story on stage at @realCSF's #CoSci26 conference in Las Vegas. His health, vitality, confidence and insight brought me to tears. He also participated on a panel about his experience with other inspiring individuals @DrEricRodgers @robynrdobbins who appear in our upcoming film from @wideeyetv @jenisenhart @realDaveFeldman, The Cholesterol Code, which premiered last Saturday and received a well-deserved standing ovation. (link below) The Times article highlighted three of our family foundation @BaszuckiGroup's funded published studies (Stanford, The Ohio State University, and U. Edinburgh) and the stories of two individuals who, like our son, found hope in ketogenic therapy and who have generously shared their stories and strategies with @Metabolic_Mind's THINK SMART program (links below). My fifth decade started as the hardest of my life and ended as the most rewarding. I am deeply grateful to the work of metabolic psychiatry pioneers @ChrisPalmerMD @GeorgiaEdeMD @SethiSheba74345 and others who made my son's healing possible, to the researchers around the world studying the connection between metabolic and mental health, and to our entire team at Baszucki Group and Metabolic Mind for their dedication to this cause. We're on the brink of a new era in the treatment of mental illness. Godspeed to the ongoing research, clinical adoption, and sharing of personal stories that could help tens of millions of people around the world.