132: Dr. Jill interviews Dr. Brian Plante on Brain-Immune Connection
Channel: Jill Carnahan, MD
Date: 11/12/2022

In episode #132, Dr. Jill Carnahan interviews Dr. Brian Plante about the brain-immune connection and how it relates to chronic infections such as Lyme disease, viral infections, and tick-borne infections. 

Learn more about the different ways that chronic infections like these can affect mood, anxiety and depression!

Key Takeaways
- Depression, anxiety and mood disorders may be related to infectious agents, toxins or trauma and looking at root cause can reverse symptoms
- Many common infections, like tick-borne infections and viral infections contribute to psychiatric symptoms
- Core principles on healing the brain include, sleep, healthy diet, trauma work, healthy relationships and gut support

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Dr. Brian Plante
https://www.amenclinics.com/team/brian-plante-nd/
http://facebook.com/drbrianplante/
Dr. Brian Plante is a licensed naturopathic doctor with extensive training in integrative, whole-person healthcare approaches. His comprehensive evaluations help people to identify and remove patterns of imbalance preventing them from living their healthiest lives, and he tailors his treatments to each unique individual. Dr. Plante is a graduate of the National University of Natural Medicine in Portland, Oregon and a member of the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS).

He works closely with those suffering from complex immune dysfunction, including Lyme disease, chronic viral infections, environmental toxicity such as mold illness and heavy metal toxicity, autoimmune disease, mast cell activation syndrome, fibromyalgia, and chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis. He has helped many patients recover from functional gastrointestinal, adrenal, and thyroid disorders.

At Amen Clinics, he applies his approach to treating neurological and psychiatric/mental health conditions, many of which involve components of the above issues. He believes neuro-psych conditions are best supported when the immune system, GI system, hormone systems, and cellular nutrient recycling systems are reset and optimized.


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