Chronic lyme disease: psychogenic fantasy or somatic infection?

Sigal and Hassett published an article about Lyme disease in the EHP Supplements (Sigal and Hassett 2002), suggesting that chronic Lyme disease is "psychogenic." I do not think that Sigal and Hassett, non-psychiatrists, are qualified to speak about psychiatric matters. I, however, actually...

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Autor principal: Mervine, Phyllis
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2003
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Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1241362/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12573917
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description Sigal and Hassett published an article about Lyme disease in the EHP Supplements (Sigal and Hassett 2002), suggesting that chronic Lyme disease is "psychogenic." I do not think that Sigal and Hassett, non-psychiatrists, are qualified to speak about psychiatric matters. I, however, actually have had the disease, which they characterize as "medically unexplained," for over 25 years and have 15 years of experience as a patient advocate and educator. I beg to differ.
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spelling pubmed-12413622005-11-08 Chronic lyme disease: psychogenic fantasy or somatic infection? Mervine, Phyllis Environ Health Perspect Letter Sigal and Hassett published an article about Lyme disease in the EHP Supplements (Sigal and Hassett 2002), suggesting that chronic Lyme disease is "psychogenic." I do not think that Sigal and Hassett, non-psychiatrists, are qualified to speak about psychiatric matters. I, however, actually have had the disease, which they characterize as "medically unexplained," for over 25 years and have 15 years of experience as a patient advocate and educator. I beg to differ. 2003-02 /pmc/articles/PMC1241362/ /pubmed/12573917 Text en
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Chronic lyme disease: psychogenic fantasy or somatic infection?
title Chronic lyme disease: psychogenic fantasy or somatic infection?
title_full Chronic lyme disease: psychogenic fantasy or somatic infection?
title_fullStr Chronic lyme disease: psychogenic fantasy or somatic infection?
title_full_unstemmed Chronic lyme disease: psychogenic fantasy or somatic infection?
title_short Chronic lyme disease: psychogenic fantasy or somatic infection?
title_sort chronic lyme disease: psychogenic fantasy or somatic infection?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1241362/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12573917
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