Good introductory articles for a Psychology teacher?

[EmersonAilidh]

I have the world's most wonderful Psychology teacher. Makes an already interesting subject even better. Love those teachers. Anyway, we started our unit on Abnormal Psychology today, which basically just covers BiPolar Disorder, Disassociative Identity Disorder, the different kinds of Schizophrenia, & Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Our textbooks were just totally inaccurate about Narcolepsy (Said that they entered Stage IV sleep too quickly instead of REM, & went so far as to say in bold & all caps "PEOPLE WITH NARCOLEPSY AREN'T SLEEPY!"), so it's probably not hard to believe that infectious triggers are mentioned... Nowhere. But of course the whole time we're watching the Psychiatric equivalent of Trauma : Life in the ER I'm thinking "No one is checking these people for strep!!!". My psychology teacher knows my medical situation & has expressed interest in learning more about it. What would be some good, informative, credible articles to give him to start? He's a busy man so Saving Sammy is a bit much. I have all the Lyme pamphlets & all that, but nothing on P.A.N.D.A.S.. Any suggestions??

[3boysmom]

Show him Vickie's UTube as a starting place.

[thereishope]

Here is the link to Buster's history of PANDAS http://www.latitudes.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=5144&st=0&p=36300entry36300 You can get some stuff off of that.

 

off the top of my head, some other good links, in my opinion, include

 

What every psych should know about PANDAS

http://www.cpementalhealth.com/content/4/1/13

 

 

Antibodies to Strep Throat Bacteria Linked to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

http://www.mailman.columbia.edu/news/antibodies-strep-throat-bacteria-linked-obsessive-compulsive-disorder-mice

 

The Immunobiology of Tourette's Disorder, Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcus, and Related Disorders: A Way Forward

My link for this doesn't work anymore. Does anyone have a different one?

 

The news article about the Tel Aviv Study

http://www.aftau.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=13179

 

I have a stack I can through and see if I can come across anything else that is an easy read. What were you looking for? An overview, something specific?

 

You could also refer him to a PANDAS website such as www.pandasnetwork.org or www.pandasresourcenetwork.org

Edited December 6, 2010 by Vickie

[LNN]

http://www.cpementalhealth.com/content/4/1/13

What every psychiatrist should know about PANDAS: a review

by Germana Moretti et al

 

This is one of the best "layman's" overview of PANDAS I've come across. Can be read in a few minutes. I can send you more in-depth article links if you wants more, but I'd start with this.

 

oops - Vickie beat me to it.

Edited December 6, 2010 by LLM

[EAMom]

These 3 podcasts are REALLY good. http://www.latitudes.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=3928&pid=75348&start=&st=#entry75348 There are 3 (Dr. K., Dr. T. and Dr. Latimer, each almost an hour long.)

 

I would start with the one by Dr. Latimer, that is my favorite. The nice thing about the podcasts is that you can put them into your ipod (or iphone) and listen when you walk the dog or fold laundry or whatever...perfect for a busy person!

Edited December 6, 2010 by EAMom

[SarahJane]

NIH's article on microbes causing mental illness is short & sweet & to the point. That was posted back in Aug.