The immune mind : the hidden dialogue between your brain and immune system

The immune mind The hidden dialogue between your brain and immune system

Monty Lyman

Book - 2024

Until a decade ago, we misunderstood a fundamental aspect of human health. Although the brain and the body have always been viewed as separate entities--treated in separate hospitals--science now shows that they are intimately linked. Startlingly, we now know that our immune system is in constant communication with our brain and can directly alter our mental health. This has opened up a new frontier in medicine. Could inflammation cause depression, and could arthritis drugs cure it? Can gut microbes alter your mood? Can something as simple as brushing your teeth properly reduce your risk of dementia? Could childhood infections lie behind neurological and psychiatric disorders such as tics and obsessive compulsive disorder? In The Immune Min...d, Dr. Monty Lyman explores the fascinating connection between the mind, immune system, and microbiome. A specialist in the cutting-edge field of immuno-psychiatry, Lyman argues that we need to change the way we treat disease and the way we see ourselves. For the first time, we have a new approach to medicine that treats the whole human being.

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Subjects
Immune system.
Neurosciences.
Nutritionally induced diseases > Prevention.
Mental health.
Mind and body.
Informational works.
Genres
Informational works
Published
[New York, NY] : Diversion Books 2024.
Language
English
Main Author
Monty Lyman (author)
Edition
First Diversion Books edition
Physical Description
xviii, 283 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-268) and index.
ISBN
9781635769876
  • Author's Note
  • Prologue
  • Part 1. The Open Mind
  • 1. A Tale of Two Systems
  • 2. The Hole in the Wall
  • 3. The Sick Sense
  • 4. A Tale of a Supersystem
  • 5. Your Mind on Microbes
  • Part 2. Things Fall Apart
  • 6. Friendly Fire
  • 7. The Inflamed Mind
  • 8. Inflammatory Thoughts
  • 9. Nobody's Land
  • 10. The Cost of War
  • Part 3. Resetting Your Defence System
  • 11. The Anti-Inflammatory Life
  • 12. Eat
  • 13. Play
  • 14. Love
  • References
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index
  • About the Author
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Connections between the immune system and the mind help the body fight off pathogens and other threats, according to this edifying treatise. Physician Lyman (The Painful Truth) explains that cerebrospinal fluid picks up "toxins and waste products" as it "washes across" brain tissue. Upon exiting the brain, the fluid encounters immune cells that scan the fluid for signs of infection, inflammation, or other damage; if any are found, the cells trigger an immune response by activating lymph nodes throughout the body. Case studies reveal the complexity of this brain-immune system, as when Lyman describes how a 24-year-old experienced hallucinations and paranoia after rogue antibodies caused inflammation in her brain. Such connections have opened doctors' eyes to creative new treatments for mental illness, Lyman contends, discussing how a rheumatologist found that an anti-inflammatory drug aimed at mitigating arthritis improved patients' moods even when it didn't improve their arthritis. Lyman throws in a few standard suggestions on reducing inflammation (eat less processed food, and get at least 150 minutes of moderate exercise per week), but the main attraction is the surprising science illuminating the profound connections between brain and body. It's an intriguing survey of an emerging area of scientific inquiry. Agent: Charlie Viney, Viney Agency. (Sept.)

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