Praise for The Inflamed Mind
"Ed Bullmore provides a clearly written and compelling argument for the importance of the immune system and inflammation in depression. This lively book explains a major frontier in clinical neuroscience that is not only influencing research on depression, but also on schizophrenia and Alzheimer's disease." —Steven E. Hyman, Harvard University
“An important book, a hopeful book, for anyone whowants to think about depression in a new way.” —Tom Insel, MD, cofounder and president of Mindstrong Health
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The Inflamed Mind confronts the reader with the converging revolutions in neuroscience and immunology that give rise to a new perspective about depression and its treatment. It traces the roots of dualism,the tendency to view mind dissociated from body, and then calls for movingbeyond dualism in order to understand how inflammation in the body affects brain and mind. In an erudite, enjoyable, and accessible way, Professor Bullmore conveys the profound impact of this new perspective by helping us to appreciate the links between traditional ‘medical’ and ‘psychiatric’ syndromes and it identifies new anti-inflammatory treatments that may cross the boundary from general medicine to psychiatry.” —John H. Krystal, M.D., Robert L. McNeil,Jr., Professor of Translational Research; Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine
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