Anxiety, depression, and other mood disorders frequently co-occur with autism spectrum disorders. Learn about potential triggers, such as autoimmune conditions, thyroid disorders, and post-strep infections, that can lead to psychological symptoms in adolescents and teens.
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About the speaker:
Dr. Kenneth Bock has lectured nationally and internationally for the past three decades on a broad range of topics. His lecture topics have included integrative approaches to immune system imbalances and disorders; detoxification; and the treatment of complex chronic illness, including Lyme disease and co-infections, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, autoimmune disorders, and the integrative medicine treatment of children’s mood disorders, PANS/PANDAS/ITABI, autism, ADHD, asthma and allergies.
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