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Psychology Today - The Inflamed Brain (February 2026)
19 February 2026
It’s Not Just the Flu, 6 Signs of Brain Inflammation Too many doctors miss the signs of brain inflammation What if the worst day of your life started with something utterly ordinary? A headache. A fever. A strange mood. Maybe someone you know seemed “not quite themselves.” A little forgetful. Irritable. Confused. You might tell […]
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Could corticosteroids improve outcomes in herpes simplex virus (HSV) encephalitis?
29 January 2026
A major UK clinical trial – DexEnceph study – provides the most definitive evidence so far on whether corticosteroids should be used alongside antiviral drug aciclovir for this severe, potentially life changing brain infection. The study was led by researchers at The Pandemic Institute, the University of Liverpool, and Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust in […]
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Meet the newest member of our Scientific Advisory Panel
22 January 2026
Dr Aline MB Matos is a neurologist and neuroimmunologist based in São Paulo, Brazil. She completed her fellowship in Neuroimmunology at the University of São Paulo (USP) and is currently a PhD candidate at the Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of São Paulo (IMT-USP). She also conducts clinical research at the Centro de Pesquisas Clínicas […]
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Encephalitis International Vaccine Consensus Statement
19 January 2026
Vaccine and autism Encephalitis International rejects the recent revision to the Centers for Disease Control and prevention (CDC)’s webpage suggesting uncertainty about the long-established scientific conclusion that childhood vaccines do not cause autism. Decades of high-quality epidemiologic research — including large population cohort studies and independent meta-analyses involving more than a million children — have found no […]
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Psychology Today – The Inflamed Brain (January 2026)
9 January 2026
Is There a Problem with Women Working in Academic Medicine? Examining imposterism, womanload, safety, and the UK academic workforce crisis. Women’s progression to senior academic roles remains limited despite increased entry into clinical academia and imposter syndrome is common among women academics and represents an important, addressable mentoring need. Visit Is There a Problem with […]
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Psychology Today - The Inflamed Brain (August 2025)
18 August 2025
The Daily Challenges of Injury Survivors The invisible injury: “You look the same so nothing is wrong with you.” Often, people recovering from an acquired brain injury are told, “You look exactly like you did before the illness, so there must be nothing wrong with you.” Their challenges are dismissed or overlooked, sometimes even before […]
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Psychology Today - The Inflamed Brain (January 2025)
4 February 2025
Mental Health and the Inflamed Brain By Dr James Marsh Encephalitis, an inflammation of the brain often caused by infections or autoimmune processes, is a serious and sometimes life-altering condition. While the acute symptoms of encephalitis—including seizures, confusion, and headaches—are typically the focus of initial medical attention, an equally pressing but often overlooked aspect is the long-term […]
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WED Appeal
31 January 2025
On the 1st February 2025 we launch our World Encephalitis Day Appeal – countdown to change. Inspired by a petition signed by 27,678 of you, our encephalitis community, from 128 countries to “Show the World Health Organization that encephalitis matters” in 2019, this year’s World Encephalitis Day appeal, and campaign more broadly, marks a seminal […]
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22 Club
22 January 2025
In March 2024 Encephalitis International launched its first ever business club – The 22 Club. The aim was simple, to give members of our community who are positioned to support our work via their businesses willingness to support nonprofits the chance to form a more meaningful partnership, gain benefits from supporting our work and join […]
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Psychology Today - The Inflamed Brain (November 2024)
4 November 2024
Finding Life-Changing Support Through Patient Events By Jackie Stebbins, Esq It seems unfathomable that a person could start the day with a 10-million-dollar professional career ahead of her but have it erased by the day’s end. It’s scary to believe that you can be diagnosed with a life-changing illness that you’ve never even heard of. It’s heartbreaking […]
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Encephalitis – an invisible disability
24 October 2024
Every year, between 20-26th October, we celebrate Invisible Disability Week which was founded by the USA-based non profit organisation Invisible Disabilities Association (IDA) in 2014. The aim of this campaign is to promote awareness, education, and support for those living with an invisible disability and their families around the world. Global statistics on invisible disabilities […]
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Psychology Today - The Inflamed Brain (September)
27 September 2024
By Laura Ryan The lucky, unlucky one. That is what my mom always calls me. The chances of developing autoimmune encephalitis, inflammation of the brain caused by the immune system in error, were thought at the time to be roughly the same as winning the lotto—except I didn’t win the lotto, and I certainly did […]
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Researchers discover latest insights into after-effects of severe COVID-19 on the brain
26 September 2024
New steps have been taken towards a better understanding of the immediate and long-term impact of COVID-19 on the brain in the UK’s largest study to date. We are delighted to announce that a study from researchers led by the University of Liverpool (including our CEO Dr Ava Easton and members of our Scientific Advisory […]
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Psychology Today - The Inflamed Brain (April)
9 April 2024
Measles: Catching Your Death—A Public Health Crisis By Dr Ava Easton, Encephalitis International I know about measles. I had it as a child and was pretty unwell with it, confined to a darkened room for more than a week with concerns raised for my eyesight, among other things. Decades later, I still know about measles […]
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Psychology Today - The Inflamed Brain (February)
22 February 2024
How Encephalitis Changed My Life A Personal Perspective: When the immune system erroneously attacks the brain. By Juliana Ortiz One minute, I couldn’t stop babbling about starting high school; the next, I was in an ambulance speeding to Miami’s Jackson Hospital, where I was eventually diagnosed with NMDAR-antibody encephalitis—a disease most people have never heard […]
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