{"product_id":"immunopsychiatry-9780190884468","title":"Immunopsychiatry","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn recent years, a dedicated effort has been made to understand the immune dysfunction that is associated with major psychiatric disorders. The expanding knowledge of the immune system as a major homeostatic system has been very helpful in indicating new potential biomarkers and therapeutic targets to reduce the burden of psychiatric disorders. Indeed, immune cells, their secreted molecules, and cell signalling events are highly promising. Yet, the literature on immunology of psychiatric disorders is still dispersed, and only a few attempts have been made to consolidate the current knowledge in this expanding area.This book assembles and presents the available data on the immune\/inflammatory dysfunction in psychiatric disorders, indicating the potential of immune mechanisms as either biomarkers or therapeutic targets, as well as discussing the challenges ahead of incorporating this knowledge into clinical practice. An international team of senior experts in the field review all psychiatric disorders in order to provide an integrated, in-depth understanding of the role of immune changes in psychiatric diseases for mental health clinicians as well as for researchers in immunology, psychiatry, neurology, and pharmacology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: Overview of the immune system Chapter 2: Immune-neuropharmacology   Chapter 3: Immune mechanisms affecting CNS functioning  Chapter 4: Immune mechanisms and CNS development    Chapter 5: The immune system as a sensor capable to affect other homeostatic systems   Chapter 6: Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis and Neuropsychiatric Disorders  Chapter 7: Investigating immune changes in the psychiatric patient    Chapter 8: Immune dysfunction: a common feature of major psychiatric disorders?  Chapter 9: Immunology of substance use disorder  Chapter 10: Immune system dysregulation and schizophrenia  Chapter 11: Depression as a neuroinflammatory condition  Chapter 12: Immunology of bipolar disorder  Chapter 13: immunology of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)  Chapter 14: Immunology of eating disorders  Chapter 15: Immunology of late-life psychiatric disorders and dementias  Chapter 16: Immune-based biomarkers and therapies in psychiatry: future prospects","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52083813155159,"sku":"9780190884468","price":73.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780190884468.jpg?v=1762203901","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/immunopsychiatry-9780190884468","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}