Letter to Cincinnati Children’s Addressing Grand Rounds – Beth A. Maloney, Esq.
Read the full letter hereOn August 28, 2018, Donald Gilbert, MD gave a grand rounds presentation promoted as being about a disorder that he neither recognizes nor treats. Two MOC credits were offered to those who “successfully answered” questions following the presentation. Presumably that meant answering in accordance with Dr. Gilbert’s stance, which is the minority viewpoint and in opposition to the NIMH, hundreds of supportive research studies, clinics at prestigious universities, and the army of physicians who aggressively treat PANDAS nationwide.
Rebecca’s Journey Home from PANDAS – seacoast online.com
View the story hereJacky Sullivan could only watch through the window in a locked door as her teenaged daughter, Becky, was led away until she disappeared down a long corridor. It was a point that had been reached after much hardship and pain, but before anyone realized that Becky’s violent attacks against herself and against her mother were cries that needed medical attention, not psychiatric treatment.
Strep by Me – AAPPublications.org
View the story hereSimilar to hearing a song that triggers reflections on events long past in one’s life, reading this month’s review article on Group A Streptococcus(GAS) by Drs. Dietrich and Steele prompted memories of my own episodes with this determined bacterium.
All the Problems with PANS: An Open Letter – walkinginquicksand.com
View the story hereDear Doctor,
I’m sure you’re aware that back in 2012, PANS (Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome) was formally proposed and described in a white paper by a small handful of physicians who had extensive expertise in PANDAS. While this was welcome news to those who recognized that the neuropsychiatric features seen in PANDAS were also seen in the absence of strep, the decision to focus on acute onset in children over the age of two was not based upon any biomarker or science that would lend credibility to the theory that the pathogenesis of the described syndrome was unique solely to children meeting the diagnostic criteria set forth in the paper.
