The brain on fire
A link between autoimmune diseases and conditions like schizophrenia, dementia and OCD is prompting a revolution in how we think about mental illness, finds Jamie Ducharme
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Suggesting an overlap betw. autoimmune & mental diseases
QT:{{“…that she had biomarkers suggestive of the autoimmune disease lupus, though she didn’t have the condition’s hallmark symptoms. Even though the researchers didn’t know exactly what condition the woman had, they treated her with drugs that dampen the immune system, and it worked. After years spent in a near-catatonic state, she began to recover within months of starting the immune therapies.
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