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When the Immune System Attacks the Brain: Psychosis Link Explored
Original: Fire in the Brain: How Psychosis May Arise When the Body Attacks Itself https://nautil.us/fire-in-the-brain-how-psychosi
A new Nautilus article examines the idea that some psychosis may be caused by the body's own immune system attacking the brain, a process likened to 'fire' in neural tissue. The piece explores autoimmune mechanisms behind psychiatric symptoms and what they could mean for diagnosis and treatment. Readers are sharing the article as interest grows in immune-related explanations for mental illness.
Why now: Growing scientific and public interest in autoimmune causes of psychiatric conditions is driving discussion of the article.
Nautiluspsychosisautoimmune encephalitisneuroscience
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- Fire in the Brain: How Psychosis May Arise When the Body Attacks Itself https://nautil.us/fire-in-the-brain-how-psychosis-may-arise-when-the-body-attacks-itself-1285334/ # Science # Neuroscience # Health · nautilus@robot.villas · 3
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