Probiotics in Mental Health

ISBN-13: 9781466573567 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 162 str.

Colin Martin

Opis

Research in probiotics is an important and developing area across many aspects of health and wellbeing. Synthesizing the most contemporary evidence, this book examines the role of probiotics in the context of major mental health and clinical diagnoses. It addresses etiology and prognosis and explores the therapeutic potential of probiotics within each diagnostic category. Diagnostic categories include anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder, addiction, eating disorder, bipolar affective disorder, and schizophrenia. The text highlights future research directions and contains summary points for each chapter.

Spis treści

Introduction: Probiotics and Psychopathology. Probiotics and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Probiotics, Mood, and Exercise. Impact of Probiotics on Communication Between the Brain-Gut. Implications for the Treatment of the Psychological Effects of Digestive Disease States. Probiotics and Their Effect on Maternal and Neonatal Health. Mechanisms of Action of Probiotics in Psychopathology. Probiotics and Eating Disorders. Probiotics and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Probiotics and Depression. Probiotics and Alcohol Dependency. Probiotics and their Potential Effects on Schizophrenia Symptoms. Probiotics and Alzheimer's Disease. Probiotics and Alzheimer's Disease. The probiotics evidence-base: Improving quality through innovation in research methodologies. Foreword. Editors biography. Acknowledgements.