The Mental Illness/Infection Connection by Rosalie Greenberg, MD

12/30/2022

TICK Boot Camp
Psychiatric Superhero
An Interview with Dr. Rosalie Greenberg
https://www.rosaliegreenbergmd.com/other-videos

01/23/2022

https://www.rosaliegreenbergmd.com/post/problems-with-present-lyme-disease-testing-how-individuals-especially-children-are-shortchanged

Many scientists and physicians agree that there are important issues concerning present Lyme disease (LD) testing. In this post I will address how the commercial testing cleared by the Food and Drug Administration and approved by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) results in under-...

08/17/2021

Watch and learn about "The Psychological Aspects of Lyme" in this panel discussion/webinar!

     Dr. Greenberg, joined a webinar sponsored by Project Lyme, entitled, Managing Your Mental Health, to raise awareness about mental health issues that can be caused by Lyme disease and educate the community on strategies to cope with these symptoms, especially during a pandemic.

08/03/2021

NEW BLOG POST!

https://www.rosaliegreenbergmd.com/post/could-it-be-that-up-to-40-of-youth-with-chronic-lyme-disease-have-neuropsychological-issues

The association of Lyme disease (LD) and mental illness has been an area of hot debate among medical professionals for a number of years. A new study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry by Fallon et al. that reviewed a database of nearly 7 million people in Denmark helps shed some light....

07/06/2021

https://www.rosaliegreenbergmd.com/post/is-there-a-connection-between-autistic-spectrum-disorders-and-tick-borne-illnesses

I live and work in New Jersey, a Lyme endemic area, which also has the distinction of having a very high rate of youth diagnosed with Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD). The most recent statistics indicate that as many as 1 out of 32 children may be affected by some form of the disorder. Included und...

06/24/2021

Look out for Bartonella!

https://www.rosaliegreenbergmd.com/post/bartonella-the-stealth-pathogen-that-you-can-see-without-a-microscope

Those involved in the world of tick-borne illnesses quickly come to learn that the Borrelia bacteria that is responsible for Lyme disease, as well as tick-borne relapsing fever and other illnesses, frequently live alongside other organisms inside deer ticks. Although transmission of the Bartonella s...

06/20/2021

Part 2- Pediatric Mood Disorders and Tick-borne Illness In my previous blog I discussed the overlap of symptoms shared by Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal infections (PANDAS), Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS) and Pediatric Bipolar Di...

06/20/2021

Part 1- The beginning of the road: PANDAS, PANS and Pediatric Bipolar Disorder There is no question that the rate of pediatric mental illness has increased in the last twenty to thirty years. This includes autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), depression, pediatric bipolar disorde...

06/20/2021

I recently logged onto the virtual Inflammatory Brain Disorders Conference presented by The Foundation for Children with Neuroimmune Disorders and wanted to share some of my thoughts with you. Lecturers from the United States and abroad spoke on diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to these disorde...

06/20/2021

Being a doctor who works with children, the idea of maternal-fetal transmission of Lyme or any other tick-borne illness is very disturbing. There has been a lot of denial about this issue in the medical literature, but in 2020 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention acknowledged that congenit...

06/20/2021

Those involved in the world of tick-borne illnesses quickly come to learn that the Borrelia bacteria that is responsible for Lyme disease, as well as tick-borne relapsing fever and other illnesses, frequently live alongside other organisms inside deer ticks. Although transmission of the Bartonella s...

06/20/2021

As we appear to be gaining more control over the SARS-CoV-2 virus I worry about the risk of another problem. Most of us have spent the last year feeling like hibernating bears because of the restrictions the pandemic has placed on our lifestyles and freedoms. I can say for myself that I am excited t...