Weight and Mental Health
Antidepressants and Metabolic Health: A Complete Evidence-Based Guide
Key PointsAntidepressant-induced weight gain is a real, biologically-driven phenomenon - not a personal failure
Medications va...
The Complete Guide to Psychiatric Medications and Weight: Making Informed Choices
Key PointsAntipsychotics cause the most severe weight gain (10-50+ pounds), particularly olanzapine, clozapine, quetiapine, and r...
Trauma, PTSD, and Obesity: Healing the Hidden Root Cause
Key PointsAdverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) increase adult obesity risk by 50-90%, with a dose-response relationship
Childh...
The Gut-Brain-Weight Connection: How Your Microbiome Shapes Mood and Metabolism
Key PointsYour gut microbiome (100 trillion bacteria) profoundly influences brain function, mood, and metabolism
Specific bact...
Perimenopause, Menopause, and the Mental-Metabolic Perfect Storm
Key PointsPerimenopause typically begins in the 40s and causes dramatic hormonal fluctuations affecting mood, weight, and metabol...
Your Action Plan: Practical Tools for Metabolic-Psychiatric Healing
Key PointsCreating your action plan starts with comprehensive self-assessment across multiple domains
Finding providers who un...
Sleep, Weight, and Depression: The Triple Connection
Key PointsPoor sleep increases depression risk by 300-400% and obesity risk by 55%
Sleep deprivation disrupts hunger hormones,...
The Future of Metabolic Psychiatry: Where We’re Headed
Key PointsPsychiatry is shifting from symptom suppression to addressing root causes of mental and metabolic dysfunction
Inflam...
ADHD, Impulsivity, and Weight: Understanding the Connection
Key PointsAdults with ADHD have nearly twice the risk of obesity compared to those without ADHD
Impulsivity affects food choic...
Atypical Depression: Why This Subtype Matters for Metabolic Psychiatry
Key PointsAtypical depression is characterized by mood reactivity, increased appetite/weight gain, hypersomnia, and rejection sen...