Addressing Developmental Inflammation could reduce institutionalization of people with disabilities

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry
Developmental neuroinflammation and schizophrenia (2013)

Val's Take/Conjecture

• People on the Neuro-Developmental/Psychiatric Continuum --- millions of people--- are in essence contending with Pre-Mature Aging as a result of In Utero Inflammation.
  • Inflammation acquired after birth is important too, but how that inflammation is processed by the body will be influenced by the Inflammation that was acquired prior to birth.

One of the things that CMS (the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) did awhile back was it partnered with the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to develop protocols for 1st Episode Psychosis.

Research is everybody's Business

States that want to Legally Control their MI Olmstead Compliance Costs Should Keep Up With the Science

The Feds and the States have a HUGE INTEREST in getting better treatments for a whole range of issues, including:

• Autoimmune Disease
• the Neuro-Developmental/Psychiatric Continuum
• Endocrine Disorders
• Cancer, and
• Dementia

There are numerous researchers around the world in quest of the HOLY GRAIL of MICROGLIA (immune cells in the brain) REPLACEMENT, REPAIR and/or PROTECTION.

This could be a game-changer.

We need CMS and the National Institutes of Health to champion Public Education and Professional Education in this important area as well as other emerging research.

The Microglia focus has considerable potential to reduce Institutionalization of People with Disabilities