The Seattle Times By Leah Penney, Mental Health Perspectives guest columnist “A few weeks after my 6th birthday, I went to bed one night a happy, healthy child, and I...
Examining possible root causes of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Psychology Times by Odelya Gertel Kraybill Ph.D. Key points OCD can be rooted in immune response. OCD can be triggered by infections...
UCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - A first-of-its-kind children’s research center in Tucson, UA Steele Children’s Research Center, is raising the profile of a largely undiagnosed illness in...
BOSTON – “Our kids were super-social, playdates all the time, very independent. … They were leading this happy-go-lucky life surrounded by friends,” said Kim Panton, of Duxbury, recalling the...
"Timely treatment with IV immunoglobulin (IVIG) therapy can help children who develop obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and other severe psychiatric or neurologic symptoms in the aftermath of...
While PANDAS is the result of a bacteria, and Long COVID, a virus, these pathogens share the capacity to cross the blood brain barrier, and attack the brain, affecting everything from mood, nerves...
Following COVID-19, a 9-year-old girl developed neuropsychiatric symptoms, including OCD-like behaviors. Her mother reports other symptoms included: "Extreme anxiety, resulting in frequent panic...
This is the first of a series of interviews with influential PANDAS/PANS and Lyme advocates. How do they DO it? How do they contend with their own challenges as well...
Giggle Magazine article on PANDAS. Page 23-24 of their June/July 2021 issue is available online....
Part 3: Navigating medical conditions masquerading as primary psychopathology Anthony D. Smith LMHC, Posted May 29, 2021 “Perhaps some of the most interesting cases of medical conditions...
“In Finn’s case, Lyme Bartonella Mycoplasma have been identified as triggers. The disease leads to rage, exhaustion, panic attacks, among other symptoms,” Dean said. “It’s been just...
April 8, 2019. Somer Delsignore “Many children with PANS/ Autoimmune Encephalopathy who seem to flare despite having a good treatment plan perhaps forget the inflammation of a seasonal allergy....