A Conversation with Beth Alison Maloney: Central Massachusetts Parent Support Organization
See it hereBeth Alison Maloney responds to parent questions, reflects on what’s changed since Sammy got sick, and offers hope for the future.
Stolen Child: A New Film About PANDAS – London Free Press
See it hereAll three of Kerry Henrikson’s children were diagnosed with pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcus — better known as PANDAS — leading to frequent hospital visits and prescriptions for drugs that didn’t seem to work. Symptoms of the disease often look common enough to be diagnosed as mental health conditions like obsessive-compulsive disorder, or infections like strep throat. Unsurprisingly, treatment for those more-common conditions do not help children suffering from PANDAS.
Only after a Chatham doctor diagnosed Henrikson’s children with the disease did the mother begin to see a change.
Henrikson’s story is known around Sarnia. Soon it will be known by people around the world thanks to the UK-based Liftoff Global Network, a virtual film festival hosting Stolen Childhood and others on their site from Jan. 14 to Jan. 20
How Inflammation Could Cause Depression – CBS
Schizophrenia Linked to Abnormal Response to EBV – Johns Hopkins Medicine
See it hereNew research from Johns Hopkins Medicine and Sheppard Pratt Health System shows that people in the study with schizophrenia also have higher levels of antibodies against the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a herpes virus that causes infectious mononucleosis, so-called mono.
