Book
The inflamed mind : a radical new approach to depression
Record details
- ISBN: 1250318149
- ISBN: 9781250318145
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Physical Description:
xv, 240 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
print - Edition: First U.S. edition.
- Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Picador, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Originally published in Great Britain by Short Books"--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Depression, Mental Etiology Depression, Mental Immunological aspects Depression, Mental Treatment Inflammation Immune system Neuroimmunology |
Available copies
- 1 of 2 copies available at Kenton County.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Covington Branch | 616.8527 B937i 2019 (Text) | 33126022773760 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Independence Branch | 616.8527 B937i 2019 (Text) | 33126022773778 | Adult Nonfiction | Checked out | 05/15/2024 |
- Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2018 October #1
Since the introduction of Prozac 30 years ago, there has been little new in the way of psychiatric drugs. Bullmore (psychiatry, Cambridge Univ.) argues that Prozac and similar medications have proven to be dead ends because they don't address the root cause of depression. That cause, argues the author, is inflammation of brain tissue, the same condition responsible for arthritis, gum disease, and various digestive complaints. Bullmore reveals a scientific discipline on the verge of a paradigm shift, describing how immunologists and neurologists have overturned the notion of an impermeable blood/brain barrier to illustrate how byproducts of the body's fight against infection may contribute to changes in mood.
Copyright 2018 Library Journal.VERDICT Readers looking for current treatments for depression or self-help advice will not find it here, but those concerned with the science behind depression or autoimmune disorders will discover the current state of research very compelling, as will general readers who enjoyed Siddharta Mukherjee'sThe Emperor of All Maladies .âMary Ann Hughes, Shelton, WA