09/01/2026
Unfortunately, symptoms are all too often contributed only to mental health, however, mental health clinicians are not trained to look beyond the symptoms for a root cause. Primary care physicians receive very basic training and do not receive extensive training on the connection of chronically ill patients with raging infections. Patients who are not responding to mental health treatment, or labeled “treatment resistant depression” could be fighting infections.
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These findings support the hypothesis that persistent Bartonella and Babesia spp. infections may have a causal role in chronic illness and potentially suicidality in young people. More research is needed to determine the prevalence and role of these pathogens in patients with chronic physical and neuropsychiatric symptoms and suicidal ideation.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13071-026-07541-8
Background Vector-borne diseases represent an emerging global threat to public health, yet the potential role of flea and tick-borne pathogens as a cause or cofactor in neuropsychiatric illnesses and suicidal ideation remains relatively uninvestigated. Co-infections with vector-borne Babesia and Bar...
