Mary was treated for cancer, the drugs also relieved her psychosis of twenty years. Her daughter Christine described her as a “psychological débutante.” Illustration by Emiliano Ponzi By Rachel Aviv, Staff Writer for the New Yorker… Read More
A ‘Crazy’ Idea for Treating Autoimmune Diseases Might Actually Work
Sarah Zhang Lupus has long been considered incurable—but a series of breakthroughs are fueling hope. Lupus, doctors like to say, affects no two patients the same. The disease causes the immune system to go rogue in… Read More
‘Let me die’: the mysterious syndrome changing children overnight
Doctors are uniting to find a cure for Pandas, a disorder that arrives ‘like the flick of a switch’ and torments children as young as three Louise Eccles | Sunday May 05 2024, 12.01am BST, The… Read More
Many mental-health conditions have bodily triggers
Science and technology | Brain vs body Full Article: https://bit.ly/44vYGe5 Abstract (ChatGPT): In recent years, the intricate connection between mental and physical health has become increasingly apparent. A groundbreaking study, published in The Economist, sheds light… Read More
Technical Report: Self-Harm and Suicidality in Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS) and Immunopsychiatric Disorders
My brief thoughts: Gunilla Gerland, ex-Chair of SANE, the Swedish PANS/PANDAS organization (2013-2020), recently translated her (2021 – 2023) work to create this English version. Although a difficult subject about which to read, it is a… Read More