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  My name is Kyra Dugan. I’m 23 now, and five years ago, I would never have been able to guess what was about to happen. Life as I knew […]

Favier M, Martin Garcia E, Icick R, de Almeida C, Jehl J, Desplanque M, Zimmermann J, Henrion A, Mansouri-Guilani N, Mounier C, Ribeiro S, Henderson F, Geoffroy A, Mella S, […]

Cardelle-Pérez, Federico & Greciano, María. (2024). PANDAS: Twenty-Five Years Later. Adolescent Psychiatry. 14. 10.2174/0122106766298492240320044542. Discussion: A comprehensive approach, including interdisciplinary management and urgent evaluation of potential organic causes, is crucial […]

Ma M, Masterson EE, Gao J, Karpel H, Chan A, Pooni R, Sandberg J, Rubesova E, Farhadian B, Willet T, Xie Y, Tran P, Silverman M, Thienemann M, Mellins E, […]

Legislation in the Michigan House would require insurers to cover the treatment for children who suffer from a brain condition believed to be caused by infections.

      General Legislative Information Legislative Recap – PANS PANDAS Legislation Nationwide How Get Started: How to talk to your state representative Look Up Your State Representative & State […]

Stephen Sai Folmsbee, Gavin Hui, Ye Yuan, Saurabh Gombar, May Han, Scheherazade Le, Antipsychotic medications associated with increased length of hospital stay in autoimmune encephalitis and multiple sclerosis: A retrospective […]

Jumaili WA, Gburi NA, Chaudhary N, Brown K, Jain S. Two Cases of Montelukast-Associated Psychosis in Children. Prim Care Companion CNS Disord. 2024 May 28;26(3):23cr03694. doi: 10.4088/PCC.23cr03694. PMID: 38815271. In […]

ASPIRE will have a table at the NEDA Walk in Hartford, Connecticut! If you have registered for the NEDA Hartford Walk on June 1st, make sure to stop by the […]

  My daughter has always been anxious & a worrier, and we had attributed that to her learning struggles & severe food allergies. However, no matter these struggles, she always, […]

  HB2824 Mandating insurance coverage for pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS) and pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections (PANDAS). Bill Information: Bill Status – Died in Committee General […]

ASPIRE and other PANS/PANDAS organizations are joining the PANDAS Physician Network in their efforts to call to the Academy of Pediatrics to update the Red Book’s® recently published guidelines for […]