BNPA 2013: Autoimmunity and neuropsychiatry
b'Tim Nicholson, academic clinical lecturer, Institute of Psychiatry, gives Hugh Rickards, consultant in neuropsychiatry, University of Birmingham, an update on autoimmune mechanisms and encephalitis. Dr Nicholson covers where we are with understanding and treating paediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections (PANDAS), and also NMDA-receptor encephalitis.This podcast was recorded at the British NeuroPsychiatry Association\\u2019s 2013 AGM. For more information on the association and next year\\u2019s meeting, see bnpa.org.uk.'