Alexia Baier was an eager-to-learn, 4-year-old girl beginning pre-K in a suburb outside of Chicago. She thrived academically — counting, painting and playing with other children. But five...
Kids Suffer From Debilitating Episodes After Recovering From Strep Throat; Parents Of Kids Diagnosed With PANDAS Face Skepticism From Some Doctors...
Is your child mentally ill? Maybe not. Overnight, a child transforms from happy-go-lucky to anxious, irritable, and obsessive. It seems to the family that the child must have been possessed in...
I almost didn’t take my 7-year-old son, Luke, to the doctor right away when he experienced a sudden onset of excessive blinking. He had just started a new school and was having trouble adjusting so...
Insomnia, out-of-control tantrums, separation anxiety, rage, obsessions, disordered eating, paranoia, motor and vocal tics. As a therapist or parent, have you come across a child exhibiting any of...
In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers have found signs of inflammation within the neurocircuitry associated with adult obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The findings were reported June 21 in...
The Wilton mom noticed the involuntary movement was similar to that of her friend’s son, who had been diagnosed two years earlier with PANDAS — Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Illinois became the first state in the country on Tuesday to enact a law requiring insurers to cover medical treatment for two pediatric autoimmune disorders. Illinois Governor...
Obsessive-compulsive disorder is an intrusive condition that remains difficult to treat. This is due, in part, to the causes behind the disorder remaining hidden. Recent research, however, points the...
Dr. Claude Ashley first learned about PANDAS disease in 2007 at a conference. Just a few years later, his own son developed the ailment, in which an immune response to strep, a common childhood...
One family’s experience with obsessive-compulsive disorder and its shocking root cause. When middle school student Connor Odom road-tripped with his family from their home in Charlotte, North...
A previously healthy 7-year-old boy suddenly started blinking, grimacing, and jerking his head about every 10 seconds. Uncharacteristically, he hardly sat still and had a tantrum. Ten days after this...