If a child has sudden, acute onset of OCD and/or Food Restrictions & multiple neuropsychiatric symptoms, consider PANS/PANDAS.
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PANS/PANDAS News, Events, & More
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For kids with PANS/PANDAS starting the new school year off on the right foot is not an easy task. NEPANS has many resources for parents, teachers, school nurses and staff to utilize to assist them in understanding PANS/PANDAS, what accommodations and supports may be needed and examples of health care plans.
NEPANS School Resources
New Studies, Journals, Articles
Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome Response to Oral Corticosteroid Bursts: An Observational Study of Patients in an Academic Community-Based PANS Clinic (Brown Kayla, Farmer Cristan, Farhadian Bahare, Hernandez Joseph, Thienemann Margo, and Frankovich Jennifer. JCAP. July 2017) Abstract Association of Streptococcal Throat Infection With Mental DisordersTesting Key Aspects of the PANDAS Hypothesis in a Nationwide Study (Sonja Orlovska, MD1; Claus Høstrup Vestergaard, MSc; Bodil Hammer Bech, PhD) Abstract |
Streptococcal infection-related autoimmunity and autism: crosstalk in protein functional networks (Megan Huxley, Joshua Stead, Olga Vasieva - Journal of Systems and Integrative Neuroscience) Research Article Effect of Early and Prophylactic Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs on Flare Duration in Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome: An Observational Study of Patients Followed by an Academic Community-Based Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome Clinic (Brown Kayla D., Farmer Cristan, Freeman G. Mark Jr., Spartz Ellen J., Farhadian Bahare, Thienemann Margo, and Frankovich Jennifer. JCAP. July 2017) Abstract Improvement of psychiatric symptoms in youth following resolution of sinusitis Talia Mahony, Douglas Sidell, Hayley Gans, Kayla Brown, Bahare Farhadian, Melissa Gustafson, Janell Sherr, Margo Thienemann, Jennifer Frankovich (International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology-2017) Read Study A Double-Blind Randomized Placebo-Controlled Pilot Study of Azithromycin in Youth with Acute-Onset Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. (JCAP-2017) Read Abstract Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Abnormalities in Children with Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS). Gaughan T ,Buckley A, Hommer R, Grant P, Williams K, Leckman JF, Swedo SE (J Clin Sleep Med - 2016) Read Study Vitamin D Deficiency in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Patients with PANDAS: A Case Control Study. (Noro Psikiyatr Ars-2017) Read Abstract |
Cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy as augmentation treatment for (PANDAS): A case report (A.Pozza - European Psychiatry - 2017) Abstract PANS associated with Epstein–Barr infection in child with Noonan syndrome (G.P.Tisi, M.Marzolini, G.Biffi - European Psychiatry - 2017) Abstract Inflammation in the Neurocircuitry of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (Sophia Attwells, HBSc; Elaine Setiawan, PhD; Alan A. Wilson, PhD - JAMA Psychiatry 2017) Abstract Hello from the Other Side: How Autoantibodies Circumvent the Blood–Brain Barrier in Autoimmune Encephalitis (Maryann P. Platt, Dritan Agalliu, Tyler Cutforth - Frontiers in Immunology) Abstract Palatal Petechiae in the Absence of Group A Streptococcus in Pediatric Patients with Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Deterioration: A Cohort Study (Mahony Talia, Sidell Douglas, Gans Hayley, Cooperstock Michael, Brown Kayla, Cheung Joanne M, Farhadian Bahare, Gustafson Melissa, Thienemann Margo, and Frankovich Jennifer. JCAP. April 2017) Abstract Impact of PANS and PANDAS Exacerbations on Occupational Performance: A Mixed-Methods Study (Janice Trigilio Tona; Sutanuka Bhattacharjya; Denise Calaprice - AJOT 2017) Abstract Prospective Longitudinal Analysis of Immune Responses in Pediatric Subjects After Pharyngeal Acquisition of Group A Streptococci Nicholas D. Hysmith, Edward L. Kaplan, P. Patrick Cleary, Dwight R. Johnson, Thomas A. Penfound, James B. Dale - Journal of Pediatric Infectious Disease Society-2017 Abstract |
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