Psychotic symptoms in youth with Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS) May reflect syndrome severity and heterogeneity
ConclusionsOver 1/3 of children with PANS experienced transient hallucinations. They were more impaired than those without psychotic symptoms, but showed no differences in disease progression. This difference may point toward heterogeneity in PANS. When evaluating children with acute psychotic symptoms, clinicians should screen for abrupt-onset of a symptom cluster including OCD and/or food refusal, with neuropsychiatric symptoms (enuresis, handwriting changes, tics, hyperactivity, sleep disorder) before initiating treatment.
Source: Journal of Psychiatric Research - Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
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