The inflamed mind : a radical new approach to depression / Edward Bullmore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bullmore, Edward T., author.

Contributor:

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Depression, Mental--Etiology.

Depression, Mental.

Depression, Mental--Immunological aspects.

Depression, Mental--Treatment.

Inflammation.

Immune system.

Neuroimmunology.

Local Subjects:

Neuroimmunology.

Inflammation.

Depression, Mental--Treatment.

Depression, Mental--Etiology.

Depression, Mental--Immunological aspects.

Physical Description:

xv, 240 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Place of Publication:

New York. : Picador, [2019]

Summary:

"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 depression. The Inflamed Mind goes far beyond the clinic and the lab, representing a whole new way of looking at how mind, brain and body all work together in a sometimes misguided effort to help us survive in a hostile world. It offers insights into the story of Western medicine, how we have got it wrong as well as right in the past, and how we could start getting to grips with depression and other mental disorders much more effectively in the future"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Daring to think differently

The workings of the immune system

Hiding in plain sight

Melancholia after Descartes

How?

Why?

So what?.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-228) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781250318145

1250318149

OCLC:

1055568586