A Long Overdue Diagnosis
"What happened to Ruth Anne?" her kindergarten teacher asked 26 years ago. She had experienced numerous infections and had tubes put in her ears. She struggled with attention and the once sweet, kind...
Monthly Archives:
June 2020
June 19, 2020
PANS PANDAS Parents & Therapy
ASPIRE sits down with Julie Cox, LCSW, to discuss why therapeutic strategies can be beneficial to PANS PANDAS parents and caregivers, how not to pathologize everything, and ways to accept that the...
June 17, 2020
Antibodies From Children With PANDAS Bind Specifically to CINs and Alter Their Activity
Interview with Christopher Pittenger, MD on the study: Antibodies From Children With PANDAS Bind Specifically to Striatal Cholinergic Interneurons and Alter Their Activity ASPIRE sat down with...
June 16, 2020
Scientists propose explanation for baffling form of childhood OCD
Yale scientists may have found a cause for the sudden onset of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in some children, they...
June 16, 2020
Yale scientists propose explanation for baffling form of childhood OCD
"Yale scientists may have found a cause for the sudden onset of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in some children, they report. Pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders, or PANDAS, were...
Antibodies From Children With PANDAS Bind Specifically to Striatal Cholinergic Interneurons and Alter Their Activity
Antibodies From Children With PANDAS Bind Specifically to Striatal Cholinergic Interneurons and Alter Their Activity Jian Xu, Rong-Jian Liu, Shaylyn Fahey, Luciana Frick, James Leckman, Flora Vaccarino, Ronald S. Duman, Kyle Williams, Susan Swedo, and Christopher Pittenger. Am Jrnl of Psychiatry 16 Jun 2020 https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2020.19070698
See ASPIRE’s interview with Christopher Pittenger, MD, PhD, FAPA, FANA on this study.
June 10, 2020
The Heartwood Program for PANS PANDAS
Announcing The Heartwood Program – Dr. Susan Swedo’s Consultation Practice! ASPIRE is pleased to share news from Dr. Susan Swedo, ASPIRE ex-officio Board Member regarding the opening of her...
PANS PANDAS Awareness with Romy of Tourettics Unite
Romy runs an Instagram and Facebook account Tourettics Unite to spread awareness on Tourettes, OCD, and PANS/PANDAS. She and I have been touch a little bit over the past few months, and I have been...
June 5, 2020
NATCON Behavioral Health Presentation
ASPIRE created an electronic poster for the National Council for Behavioral Health (NATCON) conference. The poster is really a mini-website with a comprehensive overview of PANS/PANDAS including...
June 5, 2020
PANS/PANDAS During the Corona Pandemic Study
Please complete this study from the Karolinksa Institute on PAN/PANDAS during the Corona Pandemic. It will only take up to ten minutes. If you have several children with PANS/PANDAS, you can take the...
June 4, 2020
Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome with COVID
ASPIRE thanks the NECH team for continuing to host talks and having ASPIRE write notes to share with the community. Patients of Dr. O’Hara and Dr. Wells can ask additional...
June 4, 2020
ASPIRE Series on COVID-19
In response to the COVID-19, a global pandemic, that has affected all of our lives, ASPIRE is putting together a series of Q&As from a variety of professionals. We will be updating this resource...