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Biological and perceived stress in motor functional neurological disorders

Current models explaining motor functional neurological disorders (FND) integrate both the neurobiological mechanisms underlying symptoms production a…

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September 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM

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Why functional neurological disorder is not feigning or malingering - Nature Reviews Neurology

In this Perspective, Edwards and colleagues present their opinion that functional neurological disorder is categorically different from feigning and malingering. They discuss clinical, epidemiological...

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September 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM

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Changing the culture of care for children and adolescents with functional neurological disorder

As members of a multidisciplinary team of professionals who treat children and adolescents with functional neurological (conversion) disorder (FND), w…

September 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM

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Functional neurological disorder in people with long COVID: A systematic review

Background and purpose Acute health events, including infections, can trigger the onset of functional neurological disorder (FND). It was hypothesized that a proportion of people with long COVID mig...

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September 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM

Carrie Reel

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Long-term outcomes of functional neurological disorder in children

Objectives To establish the incidence and long-term outcomes (up to 21 years) of children presenting to a University hospital paediatric neurology service with symptoms due to functional neurological ...

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September 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM

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Functional neurological disorders: mechanisms and treatment - Journal of Neurology

Functional neurological disorders are common problems in neurologic practice. In the past decade there has been an increasing interest in this group of disorders both from a clinical as well as resear...

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September 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM

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Stressful life events and maltreatment in conversion (functional neurological) disorder: systematic review and meta-analysis of case-control studies

Stressful life events and maltreatment are substantially more common in people with functional neurological disorder than in healthy controls and patient controls. Emotional neglect had a higher risk ...

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September 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM

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Functional neurological disorders: acute presentations and management

Functional neurological disorders (FND) are common and associated with significant morbidity and healthcare costs. Patients with FND often present acu…

September 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM

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Explanation as treatment for functional neurologic disorders

There is widespread agreement that the way health professionals communicate the diagnosis of functional neurologic disorders (FND) has a central role …

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September 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM

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September 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM

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Frontiers | Processing of Emotion in Functional Neurological Disorder

Emotions have traditionally been considered crucial in the development of functional neurological disorder, but the evidence underpinning this association is...

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September 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM

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Systematic review of psychotherapy for adults with functional neurological disorder

Functional neurological disorder (FND) is a common and disabling disorder that is often considered difficult to treat, particularly in adults. Psychological therapies are often recommended for FND. Ou...

September 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM

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Functional neurological disorder in the emergency department

We provide a narrative review of functional neurological disorder (FND, or conversion disorder) for the emergency department (ED). Diagnosis of FND has shifted from a “rule-out” disorder to one now b...

September 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM

Carrie Reel

@fndhope1.bsky.social

Functional neurological disorder in the emergency department

We provide a narrative review of functional neurological disorder (FND, or conversion disorder) for the emergency department (ED). Diagnosis of FND has shifted from a “rule-out” disorder to one now b...

September 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM

Carrie Reel

@fndhope1.bsky.social

Functional neurological disorder in the emergency department

We provide a narrative review of functional neurological disorder (FND, or conversion disorder) for the emergency department (ED). Diagnosis of FND has shifted from a “rule-out” disorder to one now b...

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September 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM

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Psychiatry Online

PsychiatryOnline.org is the platform for all American Psychiatric Association Publishing journals, DSM, and bestselling textbooks, as well as APA Practice Guidelines, and continuing medical education.

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September 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM

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Functional Neurologic Disorders | Continuum

Purpose of Review: Functional neurologic disorders, also called psychogenic, nonorganic, conversion, and dissociative disorders, are among the most common problems in neurologic practice. This articl...

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September 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM

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Pain and functional neurological disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Background Functional neurological disorder (FND) is characterised by neurological symptoms, such as seizures and abnormal movements. Despite its significance to patients, the clinical features of chr...

September 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM

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Overall comorbidities in functional neurological disorder: A narrative review

The importance to assess and include the frequent comorbidities in the personalised care management plan of patients with functional neurological diso…

September 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM

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Functional neurological disorders: The neurological assessment as treatment

The neurologist's role in patients with functional disorders has traditionally been limited to making the diagnosis, excluding a ‘disease’ and pronoun…

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September 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM

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Functional neurological disorder is a feminist issue

Functional neurological disorder (FND) is a common and disabling disorder, often misunderstood by clinicians. Although viewed sceptically by some, FND is a diagnosis that can be made accurately, based...

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September 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM

Carrie Reel

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Decade of progress in motor functional neurological disorder: continuing the momentum

Functional neurological disorder (FND) is a prevalent, disabling and costly condition at the neurology–psychiatry intersection. After being marginalised in the late 20th century, there has been renewe...

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September 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM

Carrie Reel

@fndhope1.bsky.social

Decade of progress in motor functional neurological disorder: continuing the momentum

Functional neurological disorder (FND) is a prevalent, disabling and costly condition at the neurology–psychiatry intersection. After being marginalised in the late 20th century, there has been renewe...