From Keto to GLP-1s: New McLean Center Will Research Metabolic Psychiatry Therapies
The grant will fund clinical care, research and training on ketogenic therapies as McLean opens the first U.S. center of its kind.
- On Wednesday, the Baszucki Group launched the Global Network for the Advancement of Metabolic Psychiatry , accompanied by a $20 million grant to build a clinical and research center at McLean Hospital.
- The initiative follows the Baszucki family's experience with their son Matthew Baszucki, whose bipolar disorder symptoms improved after four months on a ketogenic diet, a development researchers increasingly link to mental health outcomes.
- Center Director Dost Öngür will lead the McLean Center for Metabolic Psychiatry, where staff will expand clinical care and research on how metabolism affects psychiatric conditions. "While it's well known that your diet is important for physical health, there is increasing evidence that it can help with mental health as well," Öngür said.
- McLean Hospital expects to see up to 75 new patients in the center's first year and "hundreds of patients" in subsequent years, while also training clinicians in metabolic interventions for psychiatric care.
- While metabolic therapies are not intended to replace mainstream psychiatric treatments, Öngür hopes establishing a formal evidence base will encourage insurers to eventually cover these approaches for patients with serious mental illness.
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From keto to GLP-1s: New McLean center will research metabolic psychiatry therapies
Metabolic psychiatry is a rapidly emerging field that focuses on the role of metabolic health in some mental health conditions. Doctors at McLean say the center will be the first of its kind in the nation.
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Global Network for the Advancement of Metabolic Psychiatry (MetPsy) Launches with $20 Million Investment in Clinical Care, Education and Research at McLean Hospital
SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 21, 2026-
Funding from the Baszucki Group for McLean Hospital to establish a leading clinical and scientific center, and a joint grant to McLean and MH² for medical education and training initiatives SAN MATEO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– The Baszucki Group today announces the launch of the Global Network for […]
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