This volume contains up-to-date contributions written by leading experts in the role played by various microorganisms in psychiatric and neurological illness. The initial chapters present an evolutionary framework for the impact of microorganisms on behavior. This is followed by historical and epidemiological perspectives of the role of viruses in psychiatric illness. Subsequent chapters focus on different classes of microorganisms and psychiatric illnesses and emphasize diverse research approaches ranging from preclinical models to therapeutic interventions.

Synthesizes diverse perspectives of evidence for the role of microorganisms in mental health & disease Covers several major mental and neurological illnesses as well as different microorganisms Chapters written by leading experts from around the world

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Evolutionary aspects of infections: inflammation and sickness behavior.- Evolutionary aspects of diverse microbial exposures and mental health: focus on old friends and stress resilience.- Influences of the immune system and microbiome on the etiology of ASD and GI symptomology of autistic individuals.- The Microbiome and Mental Health Across the Life Span.- The immune system and depression: From epidemiological to clinical evidence.- Infections, Inflammation, and Psychiatric Illness: Review of Postmortem Evidence.- Sources and Translational Relevance of Heterogeneity in Maternal Immune Activation Models.- Infections during pregnancy and risks for adult psychosis: Findings from the New England Family Study.- Non-SARS Coronaviruses in Individuals with Psychiatric Disorders.- Herpesvirus infections in the human brain: a neural cell model of the complement system derived from induced pluripotent stem cells.- Effect of cytomegalovirus on the immune system: implications for aging and mental health.- Effect of cytomegalovirus on the brain: implications for psychiatric disorders.- Fungal forces in mental health: microbial meddlers or function fixers?.- Behavioral Changes Induced by Latent Toxoplasmosis could arise from CNS Inflammation and Neuropathogenesis.- Borreliae and Related Agents.- Therapeutic Implications of the Microbial Hypothesis of Mental Illness.