Overview
- Synthesizes diverse perspectives of evidence for the role of microorganisms in mental health & disease
- Covers several major mental and neurological illnesses as well as different microorganisms
- Chapters written by leading experts from around the world
Part of the book series: Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences (CTBN, volume 61)
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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About this book
This volume contains up-to-date contributions written by leading experts in the role played by various microorganisms in psychiatric and neurological illness. The initial chapters present an evolutionary framework for the impact of microorganisms on behavior. This is followed by historical and epidemiological perspectives of the role of viruses in psychiatric illness. Subsequent chapters focus on different classes of microorganisms and psychiatric illnesses and emphasize diverse research approaches ranging from preclinical models to therapeutic interventions.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Microorganisms and Mental Health
Editors: Jonathan Savitz, Robert H. Yolken
Series Title: Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24333-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-24332-5Published: 22 February 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-24335-6Published: 23 February 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-24333-2Published: 21 February 2023
Series ISSN: 1866-3370
Series E-ISSN: 1866-3389
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 351
Number of Illustrations: 70 b/w illustrations, 30 illustrations in colour
Topics: Psychiatry, Neurology, Neurosciences, Immunology