In recent years some evidence has emerged that around 6% of people who have psychosis for the first time have antibodies in their body that attack the brain. The brain then becomes ‘inflamed’ and psychosis follows. By eliminating these antibodies and treating the brain inflammation using anti-inflammatory drugs called corticosteroids some of these people went on to get better. You can listen to Professor Belinda Lennox speaking about this work here. ‘Antibody mediated psychosis’ is the working name for the…

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Here, The McPin Foundation’s own Thomas Kabir talks about antibody mediated psychosis and some of the exciting research which has been done. There is growing evidence that some mental health problems may be due to the brain becoming ‘inflamed’. In August BBC Radio 4 broadcast a programme about this entitled ‘The inflamed Mind’, which you can listen to here. The programme was fascinating and included interviews with some of the key researchers involved in this new field exploring the relationship…

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