The inflamed mind : a radical new approach to depression

Book 2019

"In this game-changing book, University of Cambridge Professor of Psychiatry Edward Bullmore reveals the breakthrough new science on the link between depression and inflammation of the body and brain. He explains how and why we now know that mental disorders can have their root cause in the immune system, and outlines a future revolution in which treatments could be specifically targeted to break the vicious cycle of stress, inflammation and depr...

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Explore Topics & Themes:

Depression, Mental Etiology

Depression, Mental Immunological aspects

Depression, Mental Treatment

Immune system

Inflammation

Neuroimmunology

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ISBN:

9781250318145
1250318149

Edition:

First U.S. edition

Description:

pages cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Daring to think differently
Root canal blues
Neuro-immunology and immuno-psychiatry what does an inflamed mind look like?
The revolution will not be televised
The workings of the immune system
Inflammation and infection
Location, location, location
Communication: the medium is the message
Rapid rebuttal and learning
Auto-immunity: the flip side
Hiding in plain sight
It's depressing being ill
The cogito, God, and the machine
A long shadow
Mrs P is not alone
A bona fide blockbuster
The Cartesian blind spot
Melancholia after Descartes
From black bile to MDD
A cross to bear
Super-shrink
Dancing in the sanatorium
The golden age
Farcical serotonin
Bereft of biomarkers
How?
Extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence
A stubborn fact
Causes must come first
The Berlin wall in the brain
Inflamed brains
Why?
What could make you inflamed (and depressed)?
Flaming stressed
Causal chains and cycles
Ultimately, the answer must always be Darwin
A savannah survival story
So what?
Medical apartheid
Could it be different already?
Market failure
Beyond blockbusters: better but not bigger than Prozac
Alzheimer's disease and the yin and yang of microglia
Schizophrenia and auto-intoxication

LCCN:

2018030320

Control Number:

2587138

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