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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Physical illness can leave you feeling depressed, perhaps because inflammation is the cause behind it.
Chapter 3: Inflammation is our immune system’s natural response that protects us against infection and disease.
Chapter 4: Cartesian dualism’s doctrine has prevented modern medicine from exploring the connections between the mind and body fully.
Chapter 5: Since Prozac’s invention in the ’90s, depression treatment has seen no truly major breakthroughs over the decades.
Chapter 6: Emerging areas of medical research are revealing promising links between inflammation and depression.
Chapter 7: Body-wide inflammation can trigger an inflammatory response in the brain, altering our mood and behavior in significant ways.
Chapter 8: Autoimmune disorders, aging, obesity, and stress can all cause chronic inflammation too.
Chapter 9: Sensitivity to inflammation and depression might have helped our ancestors survive longer.
Chapter 10: Therapies and medications that reduce inflammation offer new hope for depression treatment.
Description
The Inflamed Mind (2018) explains the latest science behind a new theory linking depression to inflammation of the body and brain. Bringing together insights from medicine, psychology and evolutionary theory, psychiatrist Edward Bullmore reveals the complex connections between our immune system and our mental health – and shows how a new holistic understanding of body, mind and brain could revolutionize the way we see and treat depression.
Who Should Listen
- Med students, physicians and scientists interested in the mind and brain
- Psychologists and therapists interested in how physical illness affects mental health
- Anyone who has dealt with depression