ASPIRE Blog

Tian YE, Di Biase MA, Mosley PE, et al. Evaluation of Brain-Body Health in Individuals With Common Neuropsychiatric Disorders. JAMA Psychiatry. 2023;80(6):567–576. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.0791 “This multicenter population-based cohort study including 85 […]

Inflammatory Brain Disorders in Psychological Practice: A Focus on Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome   Sunday, May 7th, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM Pacific Time Presented by Zoe Gillispie, PhD (Via […]

Please support NWPPN’s lead to mandate insurance coverage for PANS PANDAS.

  Speaker: Marla W. Deibler, PsyD, ABPP Webinar: Maximizing Family Support in PANS / PANDAS Date/Time: Thursday, May 18th, at 12:00pm EST Register for this webinar: Via Zoom About this Webinar […]

  Missouri PANS PANDAS Updates Currently, there is a proposed PANS PANDAS bill in the House – Proposed HB 1365 Requires health insurance coverage of certain pediatric disorders that would […]

Thank you to everyone who took a moment to celebrate the successes of the past year so our community can carry hope into 2023!      

Felger JC, Miller AH. Cytokine effects on the basal ganglia and dopamine function: the subcortical source of inflammatory malaise. Front Neuroendocrinol. 2012 Aug;33(3):315-27. doi: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2012.09.003. Epub 2012 Sep 21. PMID: […]

Pallanti S, Di Ponzio M. PANDAS/PANS in the COVID-19 Age: Autoimmunity and Epstein-Barr Virus Reactivation as Trigger Agents? Children (Basel). 2023 Mar 30;10(4):648. doi: 10.3390/children10040648. PMID: 37189896; PMCID: PMC10136983. “Herein, […]

Vojdani A, Vojdani E, Saidara E, Maes M. Persistent SARS-CoV-2 Infection, EBV, HHV-6 and Other Factors May Contribute to Inflammation and Autoimmunity in Long COVID. Viruses. 2023 Jan 31;15(2):400. doi: […]

Dedication to PANS/PANDAS Awareness and Advocacy with Advocate Gabriella True “It’s not always about overcoming, it’s about living.” Gabriella True Link to Podcast Episode on https://andreahansoncoaching.com/49 Note from Andrea Hanson: […]

  TACA’s Take Action Conference Series is an entirely new offering for TACA families. This virtual month-long opportunity will include live lectures from experts, take-action workshops, parent and professional panels, […]

CDC’s Autism Numbers – 1 in 36   The newly published estimated Autism Prevalence rates by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that 1 in 36 children […]