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Dysbiotic drift and biopsychosocial medicine: how the microbiome links personal, public and planetary health

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Prescott, Susan L., Wegienka, Ganesa, Logan, Alan C., Katz, David L.·2018·BioPsychoSocial Medicine

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The emerging concept of planetary health emphasizes that the health of human civilization is intricately connected to the health of natural systems within the Earth's biosphere; here, we focus on the rapidly progressing microbiome science - the microbiota-mental health research in particular - as a way to illustrate the pathways by which exposure to biodiversity supports health. Microbiome science is illuminating the ways in which stress, socioeconomic disadvantage and social polices interact with lifestyle and behaviour to influence the micro and macro-level biodiversity that otherwise mediates health. Although the unfolding microbiome and mental health research is dominated by optimism in biomedical solutions (e.g. probiotics, prebiotics), we focus on the upstream psychosocial and ecological factors implicated in dysbiosis; we connect grand scale biodiversity in the external environment with differences in human-associated microbiota, and, by extension, differences in immune function and mental outlook. We argue that the success of planetary health as a new concept will be strengthened by a more sophisticated understanding of the ways in which individuals develop emotional connections to nature (nature relatedness) and the social policies and practices which facilitate or inhibit the pro-environmental values that otherwise support personal, public and planetary health.

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Authors
Prescott, S. L., Wegienka, G., Logan, A. C., & Katz, D. L.
Affiliations
  • The University of Western Australia (AU)
  • Henry Ford Health (US)
  • Worldwide Universities Network (GB)
  • Yale University (US)
Corresponding author
Logan, Alan C.
Venue
BioPsychoSocial Medicine
Published
2018-05-03
Volume
12
Issue
1
Pages
7-7
ISSN
1751-0759 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2803866049
Cited by
53
References
172
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 5
FWCI
2.49
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • BioPsychoSocial Medicine (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • UWA Profiles and Research Repository (UWA) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Urban Green Space and Health
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
Keywords
microbiome, dysbiosis, planetary health, nature relatedness, pro-environmental values, socioeconomic deprivation, stress, immune function, social policy, probiotics, prebiotics

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