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CAN WE GET ON THIS ALREADY

We need the National Institute on Mental Health (NIMH) and the CDC (Centers for Disease Control) to ramp up efforts on TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH & MEDICINE vis a vis NEURO-DEVELOPMENTAL & LATER ACQUIRED INFLAMMATION & Psychiatric Disorders
The Need for a New Integrated DSM
NEUROINFLAMMATION & COGNITION ACROSS PSYCHIATRIC CONDITIONS
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 Psychiatric Disorders 
  • Maternal Immune Activation ---- Completed
  • Developmental Aspects --- Completed
  • ​Common Genes ----- Completed
  • Epigenetics ---- Completed
  • Executive Functioning Differences & Deficits ---- Completed
  • Hyper-Connected Brains ---- Completed
DRAFT:  Innate & Adaptive Immunity in Cognitive Disorders
Three Big Take Aways ​​
  • Cognitive and Social Abilities Rely on Fine-Tuned Equilibrium of Innate & Adaptive Immune Responses (2019)
  • Innate Immune Cells are Regulators of Brain Development & Behavioral Function​​​​ (2018)
  • The Vagus Nerve serves as Modulator of the Brain-Gut Axis in Psychiatric and Inflammatory Disorders.  (2018)