Diagnosis and management of functional neurological disorder

S Aybek, DL Perez - Bmj, 2022 - bmj.com
Functional neurological disorder (FND), previously regarded as a diagnosis of exclusion, is
now a rule-in diagnosis with available treatments. This represents a major step toward …

Neuroimaging in functional neurological disorder: state of the field and research agenda

DL Perez, TR Nicholson, AA Asadi-Pooya, I Bègue… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2021 - Elsevier
Functional neurological (conversion) disorder (FND) was of great interest to early clinical
neuroscience leaders. During the 20th century, neurology and psychiatry grew apart-leaving …

[HTML][HTML] A practical review of functional neurological disorder (FND) for the general physician

K Bennett, C Diamond, I Hoeritzauer, P Gardiner… - Clinical Medicine, 2021 - Elsevier
We present a practical overview of functional neurological disorder (FND), its epidemiology,
assessment and diagnosis, diagnostic pitfalls, treatment, aetiology and mechanism. We …

Tics and TikTok: functional tics spread through social media

M Hull, M Parnes - Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Functional movement disorder is a subtype of functional neurologic symptom
disorder a syndrome of involuntary physical, neurologic‐type symptoms that are …

Understanding functional neurological disorder: Recent insights and diagnostic challenges

I Mavroudis, D Kazis, FZ Kamal, IL Gurzu… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Functional neurological disorder (FND), formerly called conversion disorder, is a condition
characterized by neurological symptoms that lack an identifiable organic purpose. These …

Identification of biopsychological trait markers in functional neurological disorders

S Weber, J Bühler, G Vanini, S Loukas, R Bruckmaier… - Brain, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Stress is a well-known risk factor to develop a functional neurological disorder, a frequent
neuropsychiatric medical condition in which patients experience a variety of disabling …

Parieto-occipital ERP indicators of gut mechanosensation in humans

A Mayeli, O Al Zoubi, EJ White, S Chappelle… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Understanding the neural processes governing the human gut-brain connection has been
challenging due to the inaccessibility of the body's interior. Here, we investigated neural …

[HTML][HTML] Interoception in functional motor symptoms and functional seizures: preliminary evidence of intact accuracy alongside reduced insight and altered sensibility

LSM Millman, E Short, B Stanton, JS Winston… - … Research and Therapy, 2023 - Elsevier
Altered interoception may be a pathophysiological mechanism in functional neurological
disorder (FND). However, findings have been inconsistent across interoceptive dimensions …

Overall comorbidities in functional neurological disorder: a narrative review

G Carle-Toulemonde, J Goutte, N Do-Quang-Cantagrel… - L'encephale, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction The importance to assess and include the frequent comorbidities in the
personalised care management plan of patients with functional neurological disorders …

Toward a possible trauma subtype of functional neurological disorder: impact on symptom severity and physical health

S Paredes-Echeverri, AJ Guthrie, DL Perez - Frontiers in psychiatry, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background As a group, individuals with functional neurological disorder (FND) report an
approximately 3-fold increase in adverse life experiences (ALEs) compared to healthy …