Chapter 1: Overview of the immune system
Chapter 2: Immune-neuropharmacology
Chapter 3: Immune mechanisms affecting CNS functioning
Chapter 4: Immune mechanisms and CNS development
Chapter 5: The immune system as a sensor capable to affect other homeostatic systems
Chapter 6: Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis and Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Chapter 7: Investigating immune changes in the psychiatric patient
Chapter 8: Immune dysfunction: a common feature of major psychiatric disorders?
Chapter 9: Immunology of substance use disorder
Chapter 10: Immune system dysregulation and schizophrenia
Chapter 11: Depression as a neuroinflammatory condition
Chapter 12: Immunology of bipolar disorder
Chapter 13: immunology of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Chapter 14: Immunology of eating disorders
Chapter 15: Immunology of late-life psychiatric disorders and dementias
Chapter 16: Immune-based biomarkers and therapies in psychiatry: future prospects