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Daniel Amen: “An infectious disease is causing some mental illness? And…”

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The 11 Risk Factors That Are Destroying Your Brain - Dr Daniel Amen

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Highest incidence in the United States is the Northeast, the North, Midwest, and the west Coast. If you overlay that map with the highest incidence of Lyme disease, they're identical. So is it possible that An infectious disease is causing some mental illness? And the answer is absolutely yes. And we have so many great stories of people like Adrianna, 16 years old, beautiful, normal, goes to Yosemite on vacation. (42:26–42:35)

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