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“As a healthcare professional and a mother, I was compelled to get the word out on this complex disorder. PANDAS is no longer considered to be as rare as was once thought. I’m sure there are families out there who have resigned themselves to a lifelong battle with mental illness, but that may not truly be the case. “It is likely that following a century of unsuccessful search for the disease of the mind, the body will be where the answers shall be found.” (M. Kovacevic, MD) If just one child, although I hope many more, may be helped by another healthcare professional or parent reading this article, then I will have fulfilled my mission. There is hope for the child with PANDAS. And the lives once filled with utter pandemonium shall be transformed into lives filled with peace.”