functional neurological disorder

Neuroplastic changes in patients with functional seizures following neurobehavioral therapy Sharma; Allendorfer; Correia; Gaston; Goodman; Grayson; Philip; LaFrance; Szaflarski Given the high prevalence of functional neurological symptom disorder and its negative effects on the individual...

Hello. I am new to here and have an interest in critiques of Functional Neurological Disorder. I knew that three "positive" rule-in signs were tremor entrapments, Hoover's sign, and psychogenic seizures, but I also found a table that listed positive signs you will see in the table linked below...

Functional neurological disorder, physical activity and exercise: What we know and what we can learn from comorbid disorders https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S258998642400039X#b0285 Highlights Physical activity has not been studied in functional neurological disorder (FND)...

Understanding Functional Neurological Disorder: Recent Insights and Diagnostic Challenges Mavroudis, Ioannis; Kazis, Dimitrios; Kamal, Fatima Zahra; Gurzu, Irina-Luciana; Ciobica, Alin; Pădurariu, Manuela; Novac, Bogdan; Iordache, Alin Functional neurological disorder (FND), formerly called...

Prevalence of autoimmune diseases in functional neurological disorder: influence of psychiatric comorbidities and biological sex Anna Joseph; Gaston Baslet; Mary A O’Neal; Ginger Polich; Irene Gonsalvez; Andrea N Christoforou; Barbara A Dworetzky; Primavera A Spagnolo BACKGROUND Functional...

Pathogenesis and pathophysiology of functional psychogenic movement disorders Baizabal-Carvallo; Hallett; Jankovic Functional movement disorders (FMDs), known over time as “hysteria”, and “dissociative”, “conversion”, “somatoform”, “non-organic” and “psychogenic” disorders, are characterized by...

The involuntary nature of conversion disorder V. Voon, C. Gallea, N. Hattori, MD, M. Bruno, V. Ekanayake, M. Hallett BACKGROUND What makes a movement feel voluntary, and what might make it feel involuntary? Motor conversion disorders are characterized by movement symptoms without a neurologic...

Abstract Objective: Neuroimaging studies have identified alterations in both brain structure and functional connectivity in patients with functional neurological disorder (FND). For many patients, FND emerges from physical precipitating events. Nevertheless, there are a limited number of case...

Tamar R Makin MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom John W Krakauer Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine...

Abstract In this article, the authors accentuate the signs and symptoms of conversion disorder and the significance of clinical judgment and expertise in order to reach the right diagnosis. The authors review the literature and provide information on the etiology, prevalence, diagnostic...

Abstract Background Functional Neurological Disorders (FND) are common in clinical practice. It is recognized that FND may present at onset or during the course of other neurological diseases (functional comorbidity). Cases We report a clinical series of three patients who initially presented...

Objective Our aim was to conduct a pilot randomized controlled trial of a novel cognitive behaviorally based intervention for pediatric PNES called Retraining and Control Therapy (ReACT). Methods Participants were randomized to receive either eight sessions of ReACT or supportive therapy, and...

Leading FND researchers (including Stone, Carson, Perez, Edwards) argue that the diagnosis of FND must now be a positive one, i.e. based on rule-in signs rather than being solely a diagnosis of exclusion. One implication, as David Tuller has shown, is that this reduces the overall prevalence of...

A Bayesian account of ‘hysteria’ Mark J. Edwards, Rick A. Adams, Harriet Brown, Isabel Pareés and Karl J. Friston This article provides a neurobiological account of symptoms that have been called ‘hysterical’, ‘psychogenic’ or ‘medically unexplained’, which we will call functional motor and...

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Functional Neurological Disorders and COVID-19 Vaccine: a Call for Action Fung and Fasano Currently online ahead of print, no abstract available ******************************************** Copied post It's high time that we recognize that although the Wessely BPS school of thought has been...

Abstract Functional neurological disorder (FND) reflects impairments in brain networks leading to distressing motor, sensory, and/or cognitive symptoms that demonstrate positive clinical signs on examination incongruent with other conditions. A central issue in historical and contemporary...

Abstract Functional neurological disorder (FND) is a complex condition involving an interaction of psychological, physiological, and social factors. Despite high utilization of medical services, people with FND often suffer from poor long-term health and psychosocial outcomes, and experience...

Highlights We prospectively identified acute FND referrals in a UK city hospital. Dynamic, moving maps of patient pathways show loops around recurrent ED attendance. Rates of appropriate FND care are low, including documented diagnosis. Better practice FND care is associated with reduced risk...

Abstract Objective: Stress system dysregulation is considered to have an important role in the aetiology of paediatric functional neurological (conversion) disorder. This study examined salivary cortisol and α-amylase awakening responses in children with functional neurological disorder to...