Immunotherapy & Psychiatric Disorders
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder may be a highly inflammation and immune‑associated disease (2017)
1First Clinical Medical College, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023;
2 Department of Pediatrics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210011, P.R. China
[This is important because some Researchers are conceptualizing Anti-Social Personality Disorder as a DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER and some Research links this to ADHD.]
Monoclonal antibody immunotherapy in psychiatric disorders (2017)
Enthusiasm for immunotherapy—the treatment of disease via modulation of immune system responses—is not limited to autoimmune disorders and cancer; it has become a considerable point of interest in mental health, specifically mood and psychotic disorders.
The investigation of immune system abnormalities in psychiatric disorders including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depressive disorder, although ongoing for decades, has received considerable renewed interest, stimulated in part by increased understanding of brain–immune interactions that occur in other chronic medical disorders.
Enthusiasm for immunotherapy—the treatment of disease via modulation of immune system responses—is not limited to autoimmune disorders and cancer; it has become a considerable point of interest in mental health, specifically mood and psychotic disorders.
The investigation of immune system abnormalities in psychiatric disorders including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depressive disorder, although ongoing for decades, has received considerable renewed interest, stimulated in part by increased understanding of brain–immune interactions that occur in other chronic medical disorders.
Inflammatory Response and Treatment-Resistant Mental Disorders: Should Immunotherapy Be Added to Pharmacotherapy? (2020)
Abstract
Treatment resistance continues to challenge and frustrate mental health clinicians and provoke psychiatric researchers to seek additional explanatory theories for psychopathology.
Because the inflammatory process activates symptoms of depression, anxiety, and psychosis, it is a reasonable route to follow for primary and/or indirect contribution to mental disorders.
The current article reviews the research literature regarding the role the inflammatory process and immune system play in mental disorders as well as novel treatments under investigation for resistant depression, anxiety, substance use, and psychotic disorders.
Immunotherapy as Personalized Medicine for Schizophrenia? (2019)
Two compelling case reports provide additional evidence for potential mechanistic associations between the immune system and schizophrenia.
Two compelling case reports provide additional evidence for potential mechanistic associations between the immune system and schizophrenia.