What’s happening in functional neurological disorders? Functional neurological disorders are “often explained to patients and caregivers as the result of anxiety, stress, trauma or other psychiatric ...

Functional neurologic disorder (FND) is a condition where a person develops symptoms that are not consistent with a neurological disease or other health condition, but they impair the person’s ...

While the diagnosis of functional neurological disorder has increased exponentially, and psychotherapy is a commonly recommended treatment (Aybek and Perez, 2022), many, including therapists ...

Treatment is scarce for functional neurological disorder (FND), which requires a multidisciplinary approach. A special report published in the March/April issue of Harvard Review of Psychiatry ...

Functional neurological disorder (FND), or conversion disorder, is a complex condition that causes neurological symptoms, like fainting and tremors, without an apparent structural problem in the ...

Functional neurological disorder (FND) is a condition in which a person experiences temporary physical symptoms, such as blindness or paralysis, that do not have a physical cause. While the exact ...

Symptoms of functional neurological disorder include seizure-like episodes, movement problems, dizziness, cognitive function difficulties, speech difficulties and other neurological symptoms. Demand ...

Even before the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic, functional neurological disorder had entered a phase marked by the phenomenon known as diagnostic creep. Neurology papers routinely declared FND ...

Functional tics are dramatic, involuntary movements or sounds usually made in response to a trigger. While similar to other tic disorders, they have different causes and treatment options ...

Functional neurological disorder is one of the most common medical conditions seen in emergency care and in outpatient neurology clinics. It affects around 10–22 people per 100,000 per year.