Gillian Mathewson
@gmathewson1
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Mum. Wife. Carer. Director PANS PANDAS Scotland. Personal account - all opinions my own.
Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Joined March 2015
.@gmathewson1 writes for the blog on the need to raise awareness of post-infectious disorders PANS & PANDAS and their impact on attendance in school β¬οΈ https://t.co/Sw4nLj9UMO
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"The #mentalhealth system is structurally designed to miss #neuroimmune disease, not because clinicians are incompetent, but because the diagnostic framework itself cannot see what it was never built to recognize." @JigsawYMH @cypsp @healthdpt @roinnslainte @PsychSocIreland
Is Your Child's Behavior Actually a Sign of Neuroinflammation? | Psychology Today Ireland https://t.co/slsws3rsMn
#PansPandasHour "Parents are being counseled on behavior while their childβs immune system attacks the brain. This is not rare. This is systematic."
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Really excited today to announce the launch of PANS PANDAS Scotland, a not-for-profit organisation for the PANS PANDAS Community in Scotland. Read all about it here.... https://t.co/ae2Z2mq7bD
#PANS #PANDAS
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So, I did a thing.....
Really excited today to announce the launch of PANS PANDAS Scotland, a not-for-profit organisation for the PANS PANDAS Community in Scotland. Read all about it here.... https://t.co/ae2Z2mq7bD
#PANS #PANDAS
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Thank you @camobscura and @nlcpeople
https://t.co/Q5pUtEtOF3
https://t.co/xgniK0z9EL
#Scottish landmarks lighting up for #PANS #PANDAS awareness #LightUp4PANS
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Everyone working with CYP in Scotland should know about #PANS and #PANDAS @12CommercialSt @NatalieDon_ @JennyGilruth @JohnSwinney @wendychambLD @ThomasCArthur @EducationScot @ScotGovFM @ScotGovEdu @ALLIANCEScot @NeuroAlScotland @COSLA_CYP @CYPCS @NicolaKillean
New! #GIRFEC resources to help Education and Social Care professionals in Scotland understand how to support children and young people with PANS or PANDAS, inc guides for parents and carers to understand the model that schools in Scotland work within. https://t.co/Y9R2jw921q
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For many young people with #PANS or #PANDAS worry about the future starts long before results day #NoWrongPath @DYWScot @EducationScot @ScotGovEdu @skillsdevscot @JohnSwinney @JennyGilruth @NatalieDon_ @GraemeDeyMSP @kaukabstewart @neilcgray @jenni_minto
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@elly_chapple @GMB @RCPCHtweets @emilydugan @CerebraCharity @Uni_Lancashire @UniofNewcastle @BASW_UK @RCPCHtweets @PANSPANDASUK #PansPandasHour @hopestardust20 @CharmingAngelCo @PandaMama2024 @The_HappyDaddy @notestomyboy something many in our community can empathise with @gmathewson1 @kathryn_gillett @alisonacton @BBCPhilipSim @anne_delaney
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This πππππππππππππ #PANSPANDASHOUR #PANS #PANDAS #PANSPANDAS #LONGCOVID
Letβs talk about COVID, brain damage & society. Specifically, what happens when a neurotropic virus repeatedly infects the population, targeting the frontal lobe & almost nobody talks about the consequences? This thread is for the skeptics. Iβm a neurologist, stay with me π§΅
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#Pans #Pandas #PansPandasHour #Neuroinflammation #ChildHealth #BrainHealth #CYP #BrainOnFire #YouthMentalHealth A child doesn't go from thriving to unrecognisable. β‘ Know the symptoms. Help change the course of a child's life. Share! π #AwarenessMatters #ResearchMatters
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We speak up every Thursday because early diagnosis and treatment change lives. #NoMoreLostChildren #ChangeIsComing #PansPandasHour @anne_delaney @alisonacton @BBCPhilipSim @BeccaBarry @claudiahammond @BBCHughPym @wesstreeting @DrNighatArif @DrPunamKrishan @DrAmirKhanGP @WeNurses
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Schools out for Summer in Scotland... but for families affected by #PANS and #PANDAS that can mean more stress, not less! @PANSPANDASUK have shared information to support families, and heath and social care professionals in #Scotland on ALISS @alissprogramme @ALLIANCEScot
PANS PANDAS UK is now listed in ALISS. This is a huge step towards raising awareness of PANS and PANDAS across Scotland. Thanks @alissprogramme Find out more: https://t.co/9XjXu1S6bU
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Children with PANS and PANDAS often develop ASN. This report from @ScotAssemblyPC is in line with the experience shared by our community, and the key asks will go a long way to ensuring that all children in Scotland have their right to an education respected. #pans #pandas
The Scottish Assembly of Parents and Carers has published a report on "Additional Support for Learning." You can read the full report here:
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A fantastic layout and easy to navigate for people living with PP and their carers in Scotland π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ The work @gmathewson1 has put into this is outstanding, thank you for all that you do ππΌππΌ
PANS PANDAS UK's new webpage for Scotland is now live! Growing our work across the devolved nations is so important for improving the lives of our community across the UK. Visit https://t.co/hJEVZtMdCE to learn more.
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As of today @Columbia has not received ANY of the terminated funding and many non-competitive renewal of federal grants. Therefore, last week the university starting laying off postdocs. If you care about PANDAS research please support my postdoc
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Your Columbia is your opportunity to be a part of the unparalleled research, education, and clinical care that takes place every day at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Itβs a potent and...
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This π I read in a book about ADHD that a similar phenomena was seen following the Spanish Flu pandemic - unfortunately there was no reference to where the information came from. #panspandashour
Rise in pupil suspensions due to the impact covid is still having. I imagine they meant due to lockdowns etc etc π Are we ready to talk about how covid, a neurotropic virus is impacting young peopleβs brains? Itβs not all PANS/PANDAS but that should be on schools/medics radar
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