The Inflamed Mind

‘Suddenly an expert who wants to stop and question everything we thought we knew… This is a lesson in the workings of the brain far too important to ignore.’ – Jeremy Vine, BBC
‘Professor Bullmore explores how the current division between Psychiatry and the rest of medicine has developed and how we might change that. He puts forward a fascinating theory that attributes depression to inflammation rather than serotonin imbalance as has traditionally been thought. Whatever the truth, this book is a stimulating and interesting read.’ – Wendy Burn, President Royal College of Psychiatrists
‘A great read, this thought provoking book presents inflammation as the major driver of depression. A real page turner that raises important questions for us all, including, how we should practise medicine going forwards and can we restart Research and Development using this paradigm? Highly recommended. – Dame Sally Davies, Chief Medical Officer for England
An important book, a hopeful book, for anyone who wants to think about depression in a new way. – Tom Insel MD, Co-founder and President, Mindstrong Health
Erudite, enjoyable, and accessible… The Inflamed Mind confronts the reader with the converging revolutions in neuroscience and immunology that give rise to a new perspective about depression and its treatment. – John H. Krystal, MD, Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine
The Inflamed Mind is not only a dramatic breakthrough in our understanding of depression. It is an extraordinary exploration of what it is to be human. – Matthew D’Ancona, author of ‘Post Truth’
Compelling and highly readable. – Professor Sir Colin Blakemore, University of London
Groundbreaking * The Times *
Fascinating * Today Programme, BBC *

Professor Edward Bullmore BA MB PhD FRCP FRCPsych FMedSci trained in medicine at the University of Oxford and then at St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London. After working as a physician in the University of Hong Kong, he trained as a psychiatrist at St George’s Hospital, the Bethlem Royal and the Maudsley Hospital in London, and as a clinical scientist at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London. Since 1999, he has been a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge, where he is now Head of the Department of Psychiatry and Director of the Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre in the Department of Clinical Neurosciences. He is an honorary consultant psychiatrist and Director of Research and Development for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust. Since 2005, he has also worked half-time for GlaxoSmithKline and is currently leading an academic-industrial consortium for the development of new anti-inflammatory drugs for depression. He is a world expert in neuroscience and mental health.

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