The role of immunity has evolved alongside human development.1 Society shifted from a transient, hunter-gatherer lifestyle to stagnant, modern-day communities. This change adversely impacted mortality, stress, and immunity. Furthermore, a relationship between stress-induced inflammation and mood disorders formed. View this webinar to see how inflammation, mood disorders, reproductive hormones and gut microbiome all interplay with one another and have bi-directional relationships.
Featuring:
• David J. Scheiderer, MD, MBA, DFAPA
Chief Medical Officer and Director of Education at Integrative Psychiatry, Incin Sarasota, Florida and the President of Tiberius Enterprises, Inc. in Roanoke, Virginia
• Mary Kimmel, MD
Assistant Professor, Medical Director of NC Maternal Mental Health MATTERS program, and Medical Director of the UNC’s Perinatal Psychiatry Inpatient Unit (PPIU), and associate member of UNC’s Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease
1Miller and Raison. Nat Rev Immunol. 2016;16:22-34.
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David J. Scheiderer and Mary Kimmel are paid consultants to Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.
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