COVER STORY
SCIENCE First identified in the mid-1970s among children near Lyme, Connecticut, the disease has long been known to cause nervous-system problems and achy joints if left untreated. Now scientists are finding that -Lyme disease can also trigger a whole smorgasbord of psychiatric symptoms, including depression. One New York man (we’ll call him Joe) found out firsthand how debilitating the disease can be. When he began having bouts of major depression back in 1992, he had forgotten all about the
