title: [Mental problems in Lyme disease].
abstract: North-East of Poland is an area endemic for borreliosis. Psychiatric disorders, the most common for the late stage, are more and more frequent manifestations of Lyme disease. The aim of this study is to assess the incidence of different psychiatric complications and identify the spectrum of symptoms and psychopathological syndromes associated with Borrelia burgdorferi infection. Lyme disease causes a variety of psychiatric symptoms. They are less common in skin type of borreliosis manifested by skin erythema.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Psychiatrii AM w Białymstoku.
authors.forename: Inessa
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rudnik
authors.forename: Regina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Popławska
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zajkowska
authors.forename: Beata
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Konarzewska
authors.forename: Dariusz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Juchnowicz
authors.forename: Sławomir Andrzej
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Pancewicz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged