it stands for paid yatic immune disorderers associated with strep infections. >> the clinically significant symptoms are obsessive-compulsive disorderer, wild mood swings, separation anxiety f. >> a family friend heard about pandas and karen found the doctor who diagnosed jorge. it's swrus one example of an infection being linked to mental illness. there are many more and harriet washington has written a book about it. >> now, what we have, our data is showing us that schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, all these very common mental disorders are rooted at least partly in the existence of pathogens and our body's reactions. >> pathogens that can come from a variety of illnesses, like strep threat, lyme disease, some types of influenza. >> very large cases of obsessive-compulsive disorderer during the h1n1. many of the viruses can cause this reaction. >> a reaction which can condition fuse the body's system causing psychiatric systems. once identified, the symptoms can be treated successfully. jorge was given a drug, but while medical treatment and studies are important harriet washi