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”Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System Conference” This conference will take place on September 24-25, 2012 at University of California, Irvine. Includes research presentations, a public afternoon poster session and evening panel discussion Focus on PANDAS research and treatment Confirmed speakers include Dr. Madeleine Cunningham, Dr. Tanya Murphy, Dr. Rosario Trifiletti, Dr. Mady . . . → Read More: “Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System” Conference-September 2012 
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! . . Trudy Posner, MS, OTR/L will be holding a PANS, PANDAS, PITAND seminar on May 7 in Pennsylvania and May 14 in New York titled Sensory Integration Disorder, Autism, and PANS (PANDAS). For more information on this event, please visit Trudy’s webpage.
Share . . . → Read More: Upcoming Seminar-Sensory Integration Disorder, Autism, and PANS NIMH Director, Dr. Tom Insel, blog’s about PANDAS in “From Paresis to PANDAS & PANS“. This post is part of the recent burst of attention given to PANDAS and the newly proposed syndrome PANS including the recent NIMH press release, updated NIMH website, and Drs. Swedo, Leckman, and Rose’s White Paper published in Pediatric and Therapeutics.
From Paresis to PANDAS . . . → Read More: NIMH Director Blog Post on PANDAS 
. “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 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
“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 . 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! SAVE THE DATE!
Bay Area PANDAS Parents Symposium Saturday April 28, 2012 10am-5pm Embassy Suites, Burlingame CA (by the San Francisco Airport )
Details on how to RSVP will be coming soon! . Keep up to date by visiting them at PandasParentSymposium.blogspot.com . . What to Expect: A full day of . . . → Read More: Save the Date! PANDAS Parents Symposium 04/28 |
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