Session 1: Mental Health and Neurological Effects
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When: October 24, 2024
Where: Virtual
Meeting Goal: The purpose of this meeting is to engage the public—patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers, in particular—in an educational and informative session on the mental health and neurological effects of tick-borne diseases and associated illnesses and conditions (TBDAIC). Presentations by clinicians and researchers will provide insights into these complex and multi-faceted topics.
Meeting Objectives:
- Validate the patient and caregiver experience.
- Educate the audience about the nuanced mental health challenges of TBDAIC.
- Describe potential neurological effects of certain TBDAIC.
- Provide resources for patients and caregivers seeking help with the mental health effects of TBDAIC.
- Furnish information to help healthcare providers recognize, treat, and proactively address the mental health effects of TBDAIC in their patients.
Time | Agenda Item |
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1:00 pm - 1:15 pm | Introduction and Welcome Remarks
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Clinician Perspectives | |
1:15 pm - 1:45 pm | Neuropsychiatric Aspects of Tick-borne Diseases and Associated Illnesses
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1:45 pm - 2:15 pm | Neurologic Lyme Disease in Children: Preview of an Ongoing Clinical Study
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2:15 pm - 2:45 pm | It's Not Just About Avoiding Red Meat: Giving Voice to the Untold Implications of Alpha-gal Syndrome
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2:45 pm - 3:00 pm | Break |
3:00 pm – 3:20 pm | A Clinician Toolkit: Improving Care for Patients with Prolonged Symptoms and Concerns about Lyme Disease
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Researcher Perspectives | |
3:20 pm – 3:50 pm | Brain Changes and Symptom Correlates in Lyme disease
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3:50 pm – 4:20 pm | Powassan Encephalitis: An Emerging Tick-Borne Disease of Human Health Concern
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4:20 pm – 4:30 pm | Concluding Remarks and Adjournment
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This is a draft agenda and subject to change |