The National Institute of Mental Health describes current criteria for recognizing and diagnosing PANS (pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome) with the following explanation. Because it is often difficult to demonstrate the relationship between strep infections and OCD/tic symptoms […]
A glimpse from a parent. “I need to die. Please kill me. Someone please kill me!” My 7-year-old is shouting this at the top of her lungs, standing in her pediatrician’s examination room. Her eyes […]
Aristo Vojdani, PhD Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and the Differentiation between Non-Autoimmune OCD and the Autoimmune Version of the Disease Called PANDAS Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder is a collection of thoughts and actions that come into your mind without […]