Textbook of Immunopsychiatry

The rapidly growing field of immunopsychiatry combines expertise and insights from immunology, psychiatry and neuroscience to understand the role of inflammation and other immune processes in causing and treating mental illness. This represents a major shift in mental health science, traditionally focused on psychological and neuronal mechanisms of depression, psychosis and dementia. This book provides the first comprehensive overview of recent, inter-disciplinary research linking disordered function of the immune system to the brain and mental illness. It offers a broad and deep perspective on the implications of immune system involvement in psychiatric disorders, including a balanced focus on basic science and clinical applications. Chapters cover the scientific evidence linking immune processes to major mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, depression, anxiety and dementia. An invaluable guide for graduate students, doctors in training, scientific researchers and others interested in the link between the immune system and mental health.

Author: Golam Khandaker
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 09/23/2021
Pages: 360
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 9.40h x 8.00w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781108424042


Review Citation(s):
Choice 09/01/2022

About the Author
Harrison, Neil: - Neil Harrison is Professor of Psychiatry and Clinical Director of Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC), UK.Bullmore, Edward: - Edward Bullmore is Professor of Psychiatry and Deputy Head of the School of Clinical Medicine at the University of Cambridge, and Director of R&D at Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust.Dantzer, Robert: - Robert Dantzer is Professor in the Department of Symptom Research at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.
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