Dr. Jane Marke, Dr. Rosalie Greenberg & LSCW Audrey Amir join Project Lyme to discuss the neuropsychiatric symptoms of Lyme & how to cope.
Lyme disease and its co-infections impact at least 500,000 men, women, and children across the U.S. each year. They can affect the brain and nervous system. Some patients may experience neuropsychiatric involvement such as brain inflammation, poor sleep, and even psychosis. Other psychiatric symptoms include depression, anxiety, panic attacks, depersonalization, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, dementia, and more.
Project Lyme presents “Managing Your Mental Health” as a resource for patients in the community. Psychiatrist Jane Marke, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Rosalie Greenberg, as well as social worker and therapist Audrey Amir, will provide medical insight along with strategies to cope. Our panelists will also address frequently asked questions and seek to dispel confusion over psychiatric issues facing the community. This webinar will prove valuable for people in the community who have or may experience psychological symptoms of Lyme disease.
December 23, 2024
MAL meet-ups occur a couple of times a month and are geared towards mothers raising children with Lyme, or mothers with Lyme themselves. It serves as a support group where you will discuss a common theme each meeting, share stories of your own struggle caused by Lyme, as well as hear advice from other mothers going through the same things as you. Join us by registering through the webpage!
November 20, 2024
The goal of this webinar is to teach patients how to effectively advocate for change on the Federal, State, and local levels of government. Our presenters will discuss multiple topics including but not limited to: ways to engage with political representatives through letter writing, proclamation requests, how to participate in the upcoming Center for Lyme Action Fly-In and how to advocate for change hyper-locally, such as planning 5k's, social media fundraisers.
November 19, 2024
Illness invalidation, by medical professionals or others, is a common experience for patients with Lyme disease. This talk will discuss recent scientific articles in Lyme and other illnesses about the patient effects of invalidation. It will also discuss the gendered history of invalidation and how it influences the medical encounter today.
