Peer Reviewed Original Articles in Journals
Bransfield RC. The Association between Infectious Diseases, Mental Impairments, Violence, and Global Instability. Medical Research Archives. January 31, 2025. 13(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.18103/mra.v13i1.6178.
Bransfield RC, Goud Gadila SK, Kursawe LJ, Dwork, AJ, Rosoklija G, Horn EJ, Cook MJ, Embers ME. Late-Stage Borreliosis and Substance Abuse. HELIYON. 10. May 2024. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e31159. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844024071901
Bransfield RC. Microbes and Mental Illness | Encyclopedia MDPI 2024 https://encyclopedia.pub/video/video_detail/1094
Bransfield RC, Mao C, Greenberg R. Microbes and Mental Illness: Past, Present, and Future | Encyclopedia MDPI 2024 https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/53520
Bransfield RC, Mao C, Greenberg R. Microbes and Mental Illness: Past, Present, and Future. Healthcare (Basel). 2023 Dec 29;12(1):83. doi: 10.3390/healthcare12010083. https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/12/1/83
Bransfield RC, Embers ME, Dwork AJ. A Fatal Case of Late Stage Lyme Borreliosis and Substance Abuse. J Affect Disord. 2023, 12, 100525, ISSN 2666-9153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadr.2023.100525.
Bransfield RC. Adverse Childhood Events, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Infectious Encephalopathies and Immune-Mediated Disease. Healthcare (Basel). 2022 Jun 17;10(6):1127. doi: 10.3390/healthcare10061127. https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/10/6/1127
Bransfield RC , Cook MJ, Aidlen DM, Javia S. A Clinical Diagnostic System for Late Stage Neuropsychiatric Lyme Borreliosis Based upon an Analysis of 100 Patients. Healthcare (Basel). 2020, 8(1), 13; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare8010013
Shor S, Szantyr B, Green C, Bransfield RC, Phillips S, Liegner K, Burrascano, JJr, Maloney E. Chronic Lyme Disease: An Evidence-Based Definition by the ILADS Working Group. Antibiotics. 2019. 8(4), 269. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics8040269
Bransfield RC. Friedman KJ. Differentiating Psychosomatic, Somatopsychic, Multisystem Illnesses and Medical Uncertainty. Healthcare (Basel). 2019 Oct 8;7(4). pii: E114. doi: 10.3390/healthcare7040114. https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/7/4/114
Bransfield RC, Cook MJ, Bransfield DR. Proposed Lyme Disease Guidelines and Psychiatric Illnesses. Healthcare (Basel). 2019 Sep 9;7(3). pii: E105. doi: 10.3390/healthcare7030105. https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/7/3/105Principal authors: P. Ken Gillman, S. Shalom Feinberg, Laura J. Fochtmann This statement represents the view of the “International MAOI Expert Group” :MartinAlda, Ian Anderson, Michael Bauer, David Baldwin, Franck J Baylé, Michael Berk, Tom Birkenhager, Marc Blom, J. Alexander Bodkin, Robert Bransfield, Carlo Ignazio Cattaneo, Alastair Clarke-Walker, Anthony Cleare, William Coryell, John Cosgrove, David Cousins, Phil Cowen, Jonathan Davidson, Jackson Dempsey, J. Raymond DePaulo Jr., Michel Dierick, Michael Feinberg, Carlos Fernandez, Angelo Ferrero, Jess G. Fiedorowicz, Eric Fier, John Finberg, James Flax, Michele Fornaro, Joanna Fowler, Michael J. Gitlin, Luis Giuffra, Guy Goodwin, John Greden, Peter Haddad, Shmuel Harris, Nicolas Hoeh, Andrew Holt, Harish Kavirajan, Sidney Kennedy, Donald Klein, Michael Kornberg, Jens Knud Larsen, Gerd Laux, William McDonald, Hamish McAllister-Williams, David Menkes, Thomas Messer, Jonathan Meyer, Paul Miller, Michael Miller, Darrell Mousseau, Willem Nolen, David Nutt, Sagar V. Parikh, Gordon Parker, Frenk Peeters, Rona Ramsay, Michelle Riba, Elliott Richelson, Mark Rowe, Robert Rubin, Jeronimo SaizRuiz, Max Schmauss, Robert Schoevers, Stuart Seidman, Sudhakar Selvaraj, Jean Chen Shih, Balwinder Singh, Jair C Soares, Stephen Stahl, Clare Stanford, Thomas Steele, Jeffrey R. Stenzel, Peter Talbot, Davin Tan, David Tobolowsky, Sven Ulrich, Ian Whyte, Daniel Winstead, Jesse H. Wright, and Allan Young. Revitalizing monoamine oxidase inhibitors: a call for action. CNS Spectrums (2019), July 1–3. © Cambridge University Press 2019 doi:10.1017/S1092852919001196.
Bransfield RC. Neuropsychiatric Lyme Borreliosis: An Overview with a Focus on a Specialty Psychiatrist's Clinical Practice. Healthcare (Basel). 2018 Aug 25;6(3). pii: E104. doi: 10.3390/healthcare6030104. https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/6/3/104
Bransfield RC. Response to Dr Rosalie Greenberg’s Letter to Editor, Aggressiveness violence homicidality homicide and Lyme disease. Response is in the pdf version of her letter. May 14, 2018. https://www.dovepress.com/article_38295.t85280142
Bransfield RC. Response to Letter to Editor from Munir A, Aadil M, Rehan Khan A. Suicidal and homicidal tendencies after Lyme disease: an ignored problem. August 2, 2017. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. Vol. 2017:13 P 2069-71. DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S145359
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5546819/
Bransfield RC. Aggressiveness, violence, homicidality, homicide, and Lyme disease. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2018 Mar 9; 14:693-713. doi:10.2147/NDT.S155143. eCollection 2018. https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/6/3/104
Bransfield RC. Response to Letter to Editor from Munir A, Aadil M, Rehan Khan A. Suicidal and homicidal tendencies after Lyme disease: an ignored problem. August 2, 2017. Vol. 2017:13 P 2069-71. DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S145359
Bransfield RC. Suicide and Lyme and associated diseases. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2017 Jun 16; 13:1575-1587. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S136137. eCollection 2017. https://www.dovepress.com/suicide-and-lyme-and-associated-diseases-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-NDT
Bransfield RC. Intrusive symptoms and Infectious Encephalopathies. Neurology, Psychiatry and Brain Research. 2016;22(1):3–4.DOI:10.1016/j.npbr.2015.12.009 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/293804791_Intrusive_symptoms_and_infectious_encephalopathies
Kuhn M, Bransfield R. Divergent opinions of proper Lyme disease diagnosis and implications for children co-morbid with autism spectrum disorder. Med Hypotheses. 2014 Sep;83(3):321-5. doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2014.06.005. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24986703/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0306987714002333?via%3Dihub Bransfield RC, Kuhn M. Autism and Lyme disease. JAMA. 2013 Aug 28;310(8):856-7. doi: 10.1001/jama.2013.194747. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/1733709
Bransfield RC. Relationship of Inflammation and Autoimmunity to Psychiatric Sequelae in Lyme Disease. Psychiatric Annals. 2012. 42(9):337-341. https://doi.org/10.3928/00485713-20120906-07
https://journals.healio.com/doi/full/10.3928/00485713-20120906-07
Bransfield RC. The psychoimmunology of Lyme/tick-borne diseases and its association with neuropsychiatric symptoms. Open Neurol J. 2012; 6:88-93. doi:10.2174/1874205X01206010088. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3474947/
Bransfield RC. Can infections and immune reactions to them cause violent behavior? Proceedings of the 11th Psychoimmunology Expert Meeting, Günzburg, Germany March 10, 2012 Neurology, Psychiatry and Brain Research. 2012;18(3):42 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/257386688_Can_infections_and_immune_reactions_to_them_cause_violent_behavior
Kuhn M, Grave S, Bransfield R, Harris S. Long term antibiotic therapy may be an effective treatment for children co-morbid with Lyme disease and autism spectrum disorder. Med Hypotheses. 2012 May;78(5):606-15. doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2012.01.037. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22361005/ Harvey WT, Bransfield RC, Mercer DE, Wright AJ, Ricchi RM, Leitao MM. Morgellons disease, illuminating an undefined illness: a case series. J Med Case Rep. 2009 Jul 1; 3:8243. doi: 10.4076/1752-1947-3-8243. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19830222/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19830222/
Bransfield RC. Preventable cases of autism: the relationship between chronic infectious diseases and neurological outcome. Pediatric Health. (2009) April 3(2) 125-140. https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Preventable-cases-of-autism%3A-relationship-between-Bransfield/f1df2d10fb6b256d4e864b5cda8fb1a716721703
Bransfield RC. Chronic Infections Contributing to Autism Spectrum Disorders. Neurology Psychiatry & Brain Research. Universitatsverlag 2009, Winter Heidelberg. Vol 16, Suppl 1
Bransfield RC. Comorbid Lyme, Tick-Borne Diseases and Neuropsychiatric Disorders. Special Report: Psychiatric Times. 2007;24(14). https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/lyme-disease-comorbid-tick-borne-diseases-and-neuropsychiatric-disorders
Bransfield RC, Wulfman JS, Harvey WT, Usman AI. The association between tick-borne infections, Lyme borreliosis and autism spectrum disorders. Med Hypotheses. 2008;70(5):967-74. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17980971/
Bransfield RC. Children vs. Special Interests. Re: Lyme wars. Electronic letters published, British Medical Journal. 2007; 335: 910-912.
Bransfield RC. Integrating Infectious Disease and Neuropsychoimmunology Research into the Practice of Psychiatry. In Abstracts of the 9thPsychoimmunology Expert Meeting: Neuropsychoimmunology of Psychosis, Immune and Inflammatory Aspects of Psychosis in Günzburg Germany. InVivo (International Journal of Experimental and Clinical Pathophysiology and Drug Research). 21:931 (2007).
Bransfield RC. Potential Uses of Modafinil in Psychiatric Disorders, J App Research. 2004;4(2). https://www.jarcet.com/articles/Vol4Iss2/Bransfield-Jar-spring.pdf
Bransfield R, Brand S, Sherr V. Treatment of patients with persistent symptoms and a history of Lyme disease. N Engl J Med. 2001 Nov 8;345(19):1424-5. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11794179/ Bransfield RC. Treating Fatigue, British Medical Journal, Sept 1, 2002 in response to ABC of psychological medicine: Fatigue. BMJ 2002; 325: 480-483. Electronic letters published
Bransfield RC. Case Report: Lyme Disease and Complex Seizures. Journal of Spirochetes and Tick-borne Diseases. Fall/Winter 1999, Vol 6, p123-5. JSTBD-VOL6-FALL-WINTER-99-3.pdf (ilads.org)
Bransfield RC. Diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of Lyme disease. JAMA. 1998 Sep 23-30;280(12):1049; author reply 1051. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9757842/
Bransfield RC. The diagnosis of Lyme disease. Hosp Pract (1995). 1996 Aug 15;31(8):35, 40.
Fallon BA, Schwartzberg M, Bransfield R, Zimmerman B, Scotti A, Weber CA, Liebowitz MR. Late-stage neuropsychiatric Lyme borreliosis. Differential diagnosis and treatment. Psychosomatics. 1995 May-Jun;36(3):295-300. DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3182(95)71669-3
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7638317/ https://wellnesspharmacy.com/late-stage-neuropsychiatric-lyme-borreliosis-differential-diagnosis-and-treatment-pdf/ Bransfield RC. Self-mutilation. Psychosomatics. 1987 July;28(7):344-5.