The Inflamed Mind: A radical new approach to depression by Edward Bullmore

The Inflamed Mind: A radical new approach to depression is a non-fiction book by University of Cambridge Professor Edward Bullmore. It presents a new approach to understanding depression, focusing on the relationship between mind, brain and body.

Key details

• Author: Edward Bullmore
• Explores links between depression and inflammation in the body and brain
• Discusses mental disorders in relation to the immune system
• Considers how stress, inflammation and depression can form a cycle
• Includes discussion of Western medicine and its past approaches

Synopsis

Depression is described as a growing global cause of disability, while approaches to treatment are presented as having changed little over recent decades. Edward Bullmore sets out new science connecting depression with inflammation in both the body and the brain, and explains why mental disorders may have root causes in the immune system.

Moving beyond clinical and laboratory settings, the book offers a different way of viewing how mind, brain and body interact, including how these systems may sometimes work in unhelpful ways. It also reflects on the development of Western medicine, what it has understood well and where it has gone wrong, and considers how depression and other mental disorders might be addressed more effectively in the future.

Rackhams Reference : QN5WT7H87F