🧵 It’s certainly not typical to find an article about anti NMDA receptor encephalitis or #catatonia in People magazine, but I was pleasantly surprised to find this important read raising awareness of both topics. people.com/man-29-ends-... - ThreadSky

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aishwaryakraj.medsky.social • 65 days ago

🧵 It’s certainly not typical to find an article about anti NMDA receptor encephalitis or #catatonia in People magazine, but I was pleasantly surprised to find this important read raising awareness of both topics.

https://people.com/man-29-ends-up-in-catatonic-state-after-night-terrors-rare-autoimmune-disorder-8764841

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aishwaryakraj.medsky.social•65 days ago

Awareness of the full spectrum of #autoimmuneencephalitis symptoms including #catatonia can facilitate improved recognition and advocacy for treatments and interventions to support the families and communities impacted.

aishwaryakraj.medsky.social•65 days ago

An essential part of this work is engaging a robust multidisciplinary team including colleagues in neurology & rheumatology (may be institution dependent), psychiatry, among many other specialty colleagues including PT, OT, speech, and other consultants. This requires many resources.

aishwaryakraj.medsky.social•65 days ago

The reality is that subspecialty care is not commonplace and access to some treatments that can be important or even lifesaving (such as ECT in catatonia) are inequitably distributed. So when I see an article that highlights AIE & catatonia, I am grateful for space for conversation.

aishwaryakraj.medsky.social•65 days ago

Wishing Mr. Tarver and his loved ones a season of healing, and applaud the courage of his partner & their loved ones in sharing their story.

aishwaryakraj.medsky.social•65 days ago

Pinging colleagues frequently covering #catatonia in their work @dr-martinemdphd.bsky.social @ibaldwin.bsky.social @drkellid.bsky.social

ibaldwin.bsky.social•65 days ago

Thank you for tagging! I had not come across this. We desperately need more public awareness of this condition.

drkellid.bsky.social•65 days ago

Thank you for the ping and raising awareness. #catatonia and related disorders can be devastating but the sooner we recognize and treat the better we do. Hoping that Mr Tarver makes a turn towards healing and recovery soon. 🙏

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