The Feasibility of Using Probiotics to Treat Depression

University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom, CV4 7AL

^* Corresponding author's Email: xihe.yu@outlook.com

Abstract

Depression is one of the most common mental disorders. It refers to a kind of mood disorder with significant and lasting depression as the main clinical symptoms caused by various reasons. Its core symptoms are depression, loss of interest, lack of energy, often accompanied by physical symptoms, cognitive symptoms and so on. Serious patients have the risk of self injury and suicide. Most drug treatments focus on changing neurotransmitter activity in the brain, and Probiotics are a kind of active microorganisms which are beneficial to the host. They are colonized in the human intestinal tract and reproductive system and can produce exact health effects, thus improving the balance of the host's microecology and playing a beneficial role. Ingestion of certain probiotics seems to be a potential treatment for depression.