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“So many people say, ‘What are you doing for yourself?’ which is a nice sentiment, but it just further divides me and those people,” Taylor said. “What they don’t understand is that I don’t have the time, the energy, or the mental capacity to do anything for myself. I am with my daughter quite literally keeping her alive 24/7.”

The current false dichotomy holds back research and stigmatises patients

Wayne, Charlotte Remy. Roles of Th17 cytokines in microglial and neurovascular responses to recurrent intranasal Streptococcus pyogenes infections. 2022 Theses Doctoral. Columbia Academic Commons. https://doi.org/10.7916/62va-6330 Academic Units: Cellular, Molecular and […]

In stories of heartbreak and healing, they describe how the symptoms of these disorders really look behind closed doors and how relentlessly fighting for the right diagnosis and treatment led their kids to heal, slowly. T

Our friend gave ASPIRE permission to share this letter to her 14-year-old self. Many of us know how it feels to be too affected by PANS/PANDAS/BGE to go to school. […]

Speaker: Vicki Kobliner, MS, RDN Webinar: Nutritional Interventions in PANS/PANDAS Watch Recorded Webinar:  Register to View   Materials from Webinar PDF File: Phytonutrient Spectrum Checklist for Kids from The Institute […]

D Endres, MA Schiele, BC Frye, A Schlump, B Feige, k Nickel, B Berger, M Reisert, H Urbach, K Domschke, N Venhoff, H Prüss, L Tebartz van Elst. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder […]

Ilyas U, Umar Z, Lin D (August 26, 2022) Group A Beta-Hemolytic Streptococcus-Induced Tic-Like Movement Disorder in an Adult: A Case Report. Cureus 14(8): e28451. doi:10.7759/cureus.28451 “Our case report highlights […]

Divya Raj T, Santosh H, Chaturvedi S. 589 An unusual case of Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal infections(PANDAS) – diagnostic evaluation, treatment and the remarkable outcome Archives of Disease […]

Jaynelle Gao, Avis Chan, Theresa Willett, Bahare Farhadian, Melissa Silverman, Paula Tran, Sana Ahmed, Margo Thienemann, and Jennifer Frankovich.Sex and Aggression Characteristics in a Cohort of Patients with Pediatric Acute-Onset […]

Nicolás Lundahl Ciano-Petersen, Sergio Muñiz-Castrillo, Cristina Birzu, Alberto Vogrig, Antonio Farina, Macarena Villagrán-García, Bastien Joubert, Dimitri Psimaras, Jérôme Honnorat, Cytokine dynamics and targeted immunotherapies in autoimmune encephalitis, Brain Communications, Volume […]

Della Vecchia A, Marazziti D. Back to the Future: The Role of Infections in Psychopathology. Focus on OCD. Clin Neuropsychiatry. 2022;19(4):248-263. doi:10.36131/cnfioritieditore20220407 “Several pathogens have been associated with an increased […]