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Latest empire building spam from Edwards. Abstract What if the patients most health professionals actively seek to avoid, people with “medically unexplained” or functional symptoms, were those who hold the key to a more successful, more rewarding and more just system of medical practice for...

Full title: Assessment of cytokines, microRNA and patient related outcome measures in conversion disorder/functional neurological disorder (CD/FND): The CANDO clinical feasibility study Highlights • It is feasible to establish and assess a cohort of CD/FND with motor symptoms, involving...

Highlights • Recent evidence indicates targeting mood may have limited to no effect on FND. • Future research should identify and evaluate novel treatment targets. • Mechanisms have been identified that warrant additional investigation as targets. • Studies should assess if change in symptoms...

ABSTRACT In part due to a greater understanding of trauma and its manifestation as disease, the field of functional neurology has seen rapid development over the past decade with the inauguration of the Functional Neurological Disorder Society. Recent developments in our understanding of...

Abstract In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the dorsal striatum nuclei of patients diagnosed with Functional Neurological Disorder by texture analysis method from magnetic resonance imaging images and to compare them with healthy controls. Study groups consisted of 20 female patients and...

Not a recommendation nor an endorsement. Link to article here COVID Vaccines Linked to Functional Neurological Disorders Exerpts: So that’s what’s going on, they are worried about the impact. Not worried about what's wrong with these women. (Note, I am not anti-vax, i absolutely support...

Authors also include Carson, Hallet and Stone. No abstract given, see screenshot below Paywall, https://neuro.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.21050116

Bridget Mildon created FND Hope International, and is very active in supporting the concept of functional neurological disorders. She wrote about the experience that set her on the path of advocating for FND here Mad in America: Turning patients into numbers Her experience and initial...

Journal of Psychosomatic Research Volume 116, January 2019, Pages 10-16 Thierry Gendre, Guilhem Carle, Francine Mesratid, Cécile Hubsch, Thomas Mauras, Emmanuel Roze, Marion Houote, Bertrand Degos, Béatrice Garcincg Highlights Quality of life was at least as altered in Functional Movement...

ABSTRACT We report a case of a 62-year-old female diagnosed with functional neurological disorder (FND), where the diagnosis was eventually revised to progressive supranuclear palsy 3 years after symptom onset. FND is a commonly encountered condition and can be diagnosed with a considerable...

Abstract Objective: Psychosocial trauma was associated with developing conversion disorder (also known as functional neurological disorder) before Freud, though why a particular symptom should arise is unknown. We aimed to determine if there was a relationship between trauma type and symptom...

" Abstract Background The PHQ-9 is a self-administered depression screening instrument. Little is known about its utility and accuracy in detecting depression in adults with dissociative seizures (DS). Objectives Using the Mini – International Neuropsychiatric Interview as a reference, we...

Open access, https://academic.oup.com/braincomms/article/2/2/fcaa156/5910543

Hard to find the right forum for... whatever this confused mess is from the editor-in-chief of the Scandinavian Journal of primary health care. Managing functional disorders: opportunities and threats https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02813432.2020.1718304 One notable thing is...

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Paywall, https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m3745 Sci hub, https://sci-hub.se/10.1136/bmj.m3745

there was an episode of Diagnosis detectives on bbc last week: The cardologist turns out to be wrong. The neurologist explains that the seizures are either from epilepsy or 'dissasociative seizures'; interestingly they do conduct tests and manage to get results when the patient is actually...

Full title: The vicious cycle of functional neurological disorders: a synthesis of healthcare professionals’ views on working with patients with functional neurological disorder Paywall, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09638288.2020.1822935 Sci hub...

Paywall, https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/early/2020/07/30/jnnp-2019-322281 Sci hub, https://sci-hub.tw/10.1136/jnnp-2019-322281

https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/91/8/e17.3 BNPA Abstracts 2020 Members’ Poster Abstracts 24 An analysis of sentiment and publicity of functional neurological disorder and non-epileptic attack disorder on twitter Felix May, Rohan Kandasamy Author affiliations Brain Injury Rehabilitation Unit...