Suicidal and homicidal tendencies after Lyme disease: an ignored problem

Aitzaz Munir,1 Muhammad Aadil,2 Ahmad Rehan Khan3 1Department of Psychiatry, Howard University, Washington, DC, USA; 2Department of Psychiatry, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA; 3Department of Psychiatry, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, USA We would like to app...

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Autores principales:	Munir A, Aadil M, Rehan Khan A
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Publicado:	Dove Medical Press 2017
Materias:	Lyme Disease Suicide Depression Homicide Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry RC321-571 Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system RC346-429
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:e4f0fc72302b4dddb8c56cad18f266a02021-12-02T00:12:52ZSuicidal and homicidal tendencies after Lyme disease: an ignored problem1178-2021https://doaj.org/article/e4f0fc72302b4dddb8c56cad18f266a02017-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.dovepress.com/suicidal-and-homicidal-tendencies-after-lyme-disease-an-ignored-proble-peer-reviewed-article-NDThttps://doaj.org/toc/1178-2021Aitzaz Munir,1 Muhammad Aadil,2 Ahmad Rehan Khan3 1Department of Psychiatry, Howard University, Washington, DC, USA; 2Department of Psychiatry, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA; 3Department of Psychiatry, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, USA We would like to applaud the author for conducting such an important study by performing a comprehensive assessment of suicide and its association with Lyme-associated diseases (LADs).1 It is the first study of its kind, and it raises a need for further investigation on this subject. Suicide is a major health care issue in the USA, contributing to almost 42,773 deaths in the USA in 2014.2 There is no data available specific to suicide associated with LAD. Dr Bransfield inferred the possible prevalence of suicide associated with LAD by an indirect method which revealed that 414,540 patients with LAD have suicidal ideation, 31,100 attempt suicide and a total of 1,244 commit suicide in the USA per year from LAD.1,2  View the original paper by Bransfield. Munir AAadil MRehan Khan ADove Medical PressarticleLyme DiseaseSuicideDepressionHomicideNeurosciences. Biological psychiatry. NeuropsychiatryRC321-571Neurology. Diseases of the nervous systemRC346-429ENNeuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, Vol Volume 13, Pp 2069-2071 (2017)
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topic	Lyme Disease Suicide Depression Homicide Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry RC321-571 Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system RC346-429
spellingShingle	Lyme Disease Suicide Depression Homicide Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry RC321-571 Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system RC346-429 Munir A Aadil M Rehan Khan A Suicidal and homicidal tendencies after Lyme disease: an ignored problem
description	Aitzaz Munir,1 Muhammad Aadil,2 Ahmad Rehan Khan3 1Department of Psychiatry, Howard University, Washington, DC, USA; 2Department of Psychiatry, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA; 3Department of Psychiatry, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, USA We would like to applaud the author for conducting such an important study by performing a comprehensive assessment of suicide and its association with Lyme-associated diseases (LADs).1 It is the first study of its kind, and it raises a need for further investigation on this subject. Suicide is a major health care issue in the USA, contributing to almost 42,773 deaths in the USA in 2014.2 There is no data available specific to suicide associated with LAD. Dr Bransfield inferred the possible prevalence of suicide associated with LAD by an indirect method which revealed that 414,540 patients with LAD have suicidal ideation, 31,100 attempt suicide and a total of 1,244 commit suicide in the USA per year from LAD.1,2  View the original paper by Bransfield.
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title	Suicidal and homicidal tendencies after Lyme disease: an ignored problem
title_short	Suicidal and homicidal tendencies after Lyme disease: an ignored problem
title_full	Suicidal and homicidal tendencies after Lyme disease: an ignored problem
title_fullStr	Suicidal and homicidal tendencies after Lyme disease: an ignored problem
title_full_unstemmed	Suicidal and homicidal tendencies after Lyme disease: an ignored problem
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Suicidal and homicidal tendencies after Lyme disease: an ignored problem

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