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We have ground breaking news to report! The State of Connecticut Senate has UNANIMOUSLY passed the bill “AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF PEDIATRIC AUTOIMMUNE NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDER ASSOCIATED WITH STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS”. . This bill requires “The Commissioner of Public Health…to do a study on PANDAS to learn how it’s diagnosed and treated in this country . . . → Read More: Connecticut Passes Bill for PANDAS Research 
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! 
A press release has been issued for the upcoming PANDAS Parents Symposium on April 28th in California! Parents of PANDAS Children Seek Support at April 28 Symposium Because of the challenges parents face in getting support and care for their children, the symposium will focus on diagnosis and treatment options, current PANDAS research and how to . . . → Read More: PANDAS Parents Symposium Press Release The news article, Families fight with PANDAS, is the story of the Pendergrafts and Poarch families and their journey with PANDAS. Beginning with a diagnosis of Asperger’s and then PANDAS, Bridget Pendergraft recalled how, “it was literally like somebody flipped a switch and all of this came on, totally out of the blue…We were scared … It was . . . → Read More: The Pendergrafts & Poarch Families: PANDAS in the News 
. “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
From event organizer: Amy Joy Smith, Nurse Practitioner . PANDAS Parents Symposium is very excited to hold the first-ever PANDAS conference in California for families and interested physicians! Registration is $55 and includes a full day of speakers and dialogues, from 10am – 5pm, Buffet lunch and afternoon refreshment included.
. Some topics of . . . → Read More: Registration Open for California PANDAS Conference . . Across the nation, PANDAS families have been reaching out to the media to spread continued awareness and edcuate the public about PANDAS and PANS. The Nawara family from Naperville, IL is now added to that list of people who are opening up about their experience with the disorder in the article “Mom . . . → Read More: The Nawara Family: PANDAS in the News . 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!
“You have a treatable and perhaps preventable form of mental illness… While we’re debating, these kids could be treated.” -Dr. Susan Swedo . . The ”must read”, informative article Sudden OCD in kids? Culprit may be strep throat, other infections appears in the Health section on TODAY (msn) discusses PANDAS/PANS. The . . . → Read More: PANDAS Article in Health Section of TODAY 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 |
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