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Rea I, Guido CA, Spalice A. Clinical Features in Patients With PANDAS/PANS and Therapeutic Approaches: A Retrospective Study. Frontiers in Neurology. Vol. 12, 2021. DOI=10.3389/fneur.2021.741176   62 patients with a clinical […]

Manuel F. López-Aranda, Ishanu Chattopadhya, Gayle M. Boxx, Elizabeth R. Fraley, Tawnie K. Silva, Miou Zhou, Miranda Phan, Isaiah Herrera, Sunrae Talomam Rochelle Mandanas, Karen Bach and Michael Gandal and […]

Carrie knows firsthand how much PANS PANDAS can take a toll on parents and the family. She shares her story to let other parents know there is light at the […]

This handout on School Nurse Information is the perfect accompaniment to the PANS PANDAS in the School Setting 2-page handout. We also have a 20-page toolkit PANS PANDAS School Impact & […]

This two-page handout on PANS PANDAS in the school setting is a perfect introduction to school staff and families. We also have a twenty-page toolkit PANS PANDAS School Impact & […]

I asked my son if I could share his story with ASPIRE; he could help people. For the first time in a long time, he smiled and said he felt […]

Ueda K, Black KJ. Recent progress on Tourette syndrome. Fac Rev. 2021;10:70. Published 2021 Sep 7. DOI:10.12703/r/10-70 “Recent years have seen increasing information about the relationship between tics and comorbidities […]

Delaunay-Vagliasindi S, Seneff S, Coro S & Campbell-McBride N (2021) GAPS Nutritional Protocol as a treatment for PANDAS: A case study. J Orthomol Med. 36(3). 6 September 2021  “Growing research […]

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 and brain function. An article published in the British Medical Journal in 2005, points out a number of identifiable mechanisms of the mind-body connection. Most relevant being that infectious physical disease, affecting the brain, can give rise, directly, to psychological manifestations.

From Gabriella True, Board President Do not give up hope. Even on the darkest days, don’t give up. I don’t need to describe them to you because we all have been […]

Maia A., Barahona-Corrêa B., Oliveira-Maia A.J., Oliveira J. (2021) Immune Dysfunction in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: From Risk Factors to Multisystem Involvement. In: Berk M., Leboyer M., Sommer I.E. (eds) Immuno-Psychiatry. Springer, […]