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In this thoughtprovoking episode of The Metabolic Link, host Victoria Field sits down with Dr. Deanna Kelly, a distinguished professor of psychiatry at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Dr. Kelly is pioneering nutritional interventions to treat serious mental illness and was leading a groundbreaking trial on the ketogenic diet for schizophrenia, the only inpatient study of its kind in the U.S. Unfortunately, this privately funded trial was recently shut down by the Maryland Department of Health. This interview was recorded before this development.

Despite this setback, Dr. Kelly's insights into metabolic therapies offer new pathways for treating serious mental illness. They discuss the impact of diet on mental health, metabolic dysfunction in mental illness, and personalized medicine. Plus, learn how you can support ongoing research by signing a petition organized by Dr. Chris Palmer to reinstate Dr. Kelly's ketogenic diet trial.

Petition: https://www.change.org/p/helpusprot...

About Dr. Kelly
Deanna L. Kelly, Pharm.D., BCPP, is a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Maryland Baltimore School of Medicine and an Affiliate Professor in the School of Pharmacy. She directs the Treatment Research Program at the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center (MPRC) and has been Acting Director since January 2022. Dr. Kelly completed her pharmacy education at Duquesne University and residency at the University of Maryland, becoming board certified in 1998. An expert in schizophrenia and psychopharmacology, she has published over 235 peerreviewed articles, coauthored 19 books and chapters, and received the Maltz Prize for her work on gluten and mental health. In 2024, she was named the G. Van Greene Distinguished Lecturer at Mercer University. Her expertise is recognized internationally, and she was named one of the top 100 women in Maryland in 2023.

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