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===== Primer ===== | ===== Primer ===== | ||
- | **Psychobiotics** is a relatively new and emerging field of psychiatry. | + | **Psychobiotics** is a relatively new and emerging field of psychiatry. The body's microbiome plays important roles in inflammatory response and neurologic function. |
+ | ===== Mania ===== | ||
+ | * Certain individuals with acute mania have been found to have elevated levels of inflammation, suggesting a possible role for probiotic use. | ||
+ | * A small study demonstrated that the use of supplementation psychobiotics (//Lactobacillus rhamnosus strain GG// and //Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis strain Bb12//) was associated with a lower rate of rehospitalization in patients who have been recently discharged following hospitalization for mania.[([[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29693757/|Dickerson, F., Adamos, M., Katsafanas, E., Khushalani, S., Origoni, A., Savage, C., ... & Yolken, R. H. (2018). Adjunctive probiotic microorganisms to prevent rehospitalization in patients with acute mania: a randomized controlled trial. Bipolar disorders, 20(7), 614-621.]])] | ||
+ | * The effects are hypothesized to be due to modulation of central nervous system inflammation through the gut–brain axis. | ||
===== Resources ===== | ===== Resources ===== | ||
<WRAP group> | <WRAP group> |