Neuro immunology

If other ways don’t work, try the immune system?

Jules Morgan

Published: 01 November 2016

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(16)30307-6

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Mental health disorders, such as depression, represent a substantial proportion of the economic burden on health care systems worldwide. Depression is a complex illness, with a multitude of triggers and causes. In an effort to treat this illness, the pharmaceutical industry has developed a range of drugs targeting neurotransmitters in the brain. However, many times the drugs don’t work—because of the complexity of psychiatric disorders, there is no one-size-fits-all solution. Specifically, for the treatment of psychosis, few drugs are effective, and research has been lacking in any major breakthrough for half a century./.../