Immuno-psychiatry

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Immuno-psychiatry is a discipline that studies the connection between the brain and the immune system. It differs from psychoneuroimmunology by postulating that behaviors and emotions are governed by peripheral immune mechanisms. Depression, for instance, is seen as malfunctioning of the immune system.

References

  • Pariante, C. M. (2015). "Psychoneuroimmunology or Immunopsychiatry?". The Lancet Psychiatry. 2 (3): 197–199. doi:10.1016/S2215-0366(15)00042-5. PMC 4580988. PMID 26359887.