The child radiated happiness, had friends and loved life. Then seemingly overnight, he changed; he began to suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) behaviors and tics, wet the bed, was unable...
By Michele Casoli-Reardon, MD, Medical Director of MCPAP Team at North Shore Medical Center Pediatric Neuropsychiatric disorder associated with strep: knowing when to screen in children who...
The book Infectious Madness, by award-winning author Harriet Washington, promises to explain to readers “The Surprising Science of How We ‘Catch’ Mental Illness.” On today’s show, we...
Jake Wiederhorn bounds onto the porch of his family’s Potomac home wearing a Captain America T-shirt and soccer shorts. He’s 9 years old, bright and thoughtful, hair parted on the...
Too many children suffering from neurological autoimmune disorders lack access to resources to correctly diagnose them, a state lawmaker contends. “If we can create public awareness around the...
by Lisa Wolk-Kilion You kiss your child goodnight and she smiles at you before cuddling into her pillow. As she’s been doing for quite some time, she sleeps though the...
Current treatments for PANDAS have been shown tobe relatively effective, but could surgical treatmentssuch as tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy offer more effective...
Proposed link between infections and psychiatric disorders is still under review but gaining more recognition, resources among scientists MENLO PARK, Calif.—At the age of 7, Garrett Pohlman came...
The prevalence of PANDAS in adults is remarkable if one bothers to look! by Jory Goodman M.D. PANDAS occurs in adults. Period. Is most of it new onset, or has it been there a long time, since...
The mother's story was one that I have heard many times over the past few months, with some variation in detail. Her child, an A and B student with many friends and outside interests, had awoken one...
The Symptoms Melanie W., a New York mom of three boys, vividly remembers the day her middle son refused to go to school. John*, age 8, was a social, bright, and athletic kid who had just started...
“PANDAS turned out to be the cause of new obsessive-compulsive symptoms in our son, who also has autism. But the lack of information and awareness left his symptoms untreated for nearly 3 years....