Neuropsychiatric Symptoms with Lyme Disease & Tick-borne Illness

Instructor

Shannon Delaney, MD, MA
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry,
Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Description

This course is intended to help clinicians be aware of the mental health needs and risks in patients with Lyme disease and educates on appropriate professional mental health referral, based on symptoms and clinical presentation. This concise, data-driven overview will help clinicians quickly access the latest evidence on Lyme disease persistence after standard treatments, useful in overturning the long-held belief that Lyme disease is always easy to treat and cure.

Learning objectives

1. Monitor patients for mental health sequelae from Lyme disease 
2. Incorporate a mental health screening tool in practice
3. Modify practice to refer to mental health clinicians

This session, Neuropsychiatric Symptoms with Lyme Disease & Tick-borne Illness, is approved for 0.75 enduring AAFP Prescribed credits.

AAFP Prescribed credit is accepted by the American Medical Association as equivalent to AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™ toward the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award. When applying for the AMA PRA, Prescribed credit earned must be reported as Prescribed, not as Category 1.

The AAFP has reviewed One Health Medical Education for a Changing Climate and deemed it acceptable for AAFP credit. Term of approval is from 01/02/2024 to 01/01/2025. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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