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The long awaited TEL AVIV STUDY has been published!!! The study is titled “Behavioral, Pharmacological, and Immunological Abnormalities after Streptococcal Exposure: A Novel Rat Model of Sydenham Chorea and Related Neuropsychiatric Disorders” has recently been released in the newest issue of Neuropsychopharmacology! Only the abstract of this study is available for free to the public. This . . . → Read More: Tel Aviv/Rat Model Study Published! 
. “As the field moves toward agreement on this broadened syndrome, affected youth will be more likely to receive appropriate care, regardless of whether they are seen by a neurologist, pediatrician or child psychiatrist,” -NIMH Director Thomas R. Insel, M.D. . The NIH has issued the press release Possible causes of sudden onset OCD . . . → Read More: NIH Issues Press Release The NIMH has been busy updating the PANDAS information page on their website! These updates quickly followed the release of the White Paper, “From Research Subgroup to Clinical Syndrome: Modifying the PANDAS Criteria to Describe PANS (Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome)” by Drs. Swedo, Leckman, and Rose.
To read the newly updated NIMH PANDAS page, . . . → Read More: NIMH Website Updates the PANDAS Information Page . Harvard Health Publication of Harvard Medical School publishes an article about PANDAS/PANS thanks to Dr. Jeff Szymanski! The article is titled “Can an Infection Suddenly Cause OCD?“. Dr. Jeff Szymanski is the executive director at the International OCD Foundaton and a Clinical Instructor of Psychology at Harvard Medical School. The article brings attention to Dr. Swedo recently released . . . → Read More: Harvard & Dr. Jeff Szymanski talks PANDAS/PANS! In their efforts to raise awareness for PANDAS and PANS, the IOCDF ( International OCD Foundation) has issued their first PANDAS/PANS PSA’s and press release! . The newly released Public Service Announcements is done in two installments. The first is by Dr. Michael Jenike, Chair of the IOCDF Scientific Advisory Board. The second is done . . . → Read More: IOCDF Releases Public Service Announcements . After a long wait, THE White Paper is out! To be exact, it is titled “From Research Subgroup to Clinical Syndrome: Modifying the PANDAS Criteria to Describe PANS (Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome)”. Dr. Swedo herself sent the paper to PANDAS Network.org’s founder, Diana Pohlman, and gave us permission to pass it on to . . . → Read More: Dr. Swedo’s White Paper on PANDAS/PANS is Released! . Parentsmagazine just issued the great article focusing on PANDAS, PANDAS: A Scary and Controversial Disorder. This 5 page article includes personal stories such as the Bossman family and Diana Pohlman, founder of PANDAS Network.org. It also discuss the various possible causes that may cause the disorder to surface. . Some interesting information is . . . → Read More: Parents Magazine Article on PANDAS The research study Neurocognitive functioning in youth with pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcus shows that neurocognitive functioning can be impaired with children who have PANDAS. This study, done by Drs. Murphy, Storch, Lewin and Mutch in 2011, showed that neurocognitive impairments (including visuospatial recall memory) can be significantly impaired in PANDAS youths. . . . → Read More: Research: Neurocognitive functioning and PANDAS A new PANDAS related case study has been released titled A case of PANDAS with Kleine-Levin type periodic hypersomnia. In this abstract, it talks about an 11 year girl who was diagnosed with PANDAS and Kleine-Levin syndrome (KLS). KLS is a neurological sleep disorder with a variety of accompanying symptoms. Upon beginning prophylactic penicillin (we . . . → Read More: Case study: PANDAS and KLS . In the November issue of Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, a new PANDAS case study in India is presented. The article Paediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections (PANDAS): A Case Report by Mona Srivastava, Ganesh Shankar, M.N.Tripathi, M.D. discusses the case of a 10 year old boy. According to this . . . → Read More: India Case Report |
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