What Every Parent Needs to Know About Neuroinflammation

Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge is a mental health innovator and founder of The Global Institute of Children’s Mental Health and Dr. Roseann, LLC, dedicated to reshaping mental health perceptions and treatments. Through her Neurotastic Brain Formulas and trademarked BrainBehaviorReset® method, she provides science-backed holistic therapies to tackle conditions such as ADHD, anxiety, OCD and PANS/PANDAS. Author of three books including “It’s Gonna be OK!”, and podcast host of It’s Gonna be OK!: Science-Backed Solutions for Children’s Behavior and Mental Health.

In this episode, Dr. Roseann details what is often missed in the mental illness diagnosis journey (and what was missed in my own journey): the connection between brain and immune system. Download and listen here or find wherever you get podcasts.

Key Topics:

Defining PANS, PANDAS, and autoimmune encephalopathy

Medications for pediatric mental health: are they working?

How infections trigger immune response to the brain

How psychiatric medications affect a developing brain

Signs and symptoms of PANS and PANDAS

Myths and misinformation about tick-borne illness

The connection between oxidative stress and neuroinflammation

Support for neuroinflammation

Go to her website to learn more about Dr. Roseann and download her resource on 147 strategies for self regulation. Listen to her podcast “It’s Gonna Be OK” wherever you get podcasts.

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