Cytokines and Depression: How Your Immune System Causes Depression (English Edition)

Considerable biomedical research has been published recently showing that the immune system is profoundly involved in psychiatric diseases, especially depression. The discoveries on the role of the immune system in mental illness form the basis for a new understanding of the nature of mental illness, especially depression. These discoveries have remarkable implications for the treatment, prevention and cure of mental disease. Yet few people know about these developments. The public is completely oblivious. Even practicing psychiatrists and psychologists are unaware of the growing revolution in their own field. Only a select group of immunologists and biological psychiatrists who are knowledgeable in both disciplines are aware of these important scientific advances. This book is an attempt to inform both the public and medical professionals of these fundamental advances in our understanding of mental illness.