Abstract Background The purpose of this report was to present the results of eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy associated with parent management training (PMT) in a child with paediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder associated milwaukee 2981-20 with streptococcus (PANDAS), who had previously only been treated with pharmacological treatment.Case presentation The case concerns an 11-year-old boy who presented with simple and complex vocal tics, motor tics, obsessive-compulsive traits and irritability from the age of 6 years, in addition to a positive result for streptococcal infection.The course of symptoms followed a relapsing-remitting trend with acute phases that were contingent on the infectious episodes.
Conclusions Following eight sessions of EMDR, preceded by training sessions with the parents, the child showed a significant reduction in symptoms and disappearance of the exacerbation.These results indicate the snow babe miniature peach possibility of improving the treatment outcomes of patients with PANDAS by a combined approach using both antibiotic and EMDR therapies.