Neurostimulation for the treatment of functional neurological disorder: A systematic review, 2021, Dworetzky, Baslet et al

Highlights

• More recently, Functional Neurological Disorder pathophysiology has become better understood.
• FND as a neurocircuitry model of disease opens possibilities for neuromodulation techniques as potential treatment tools.
• Existing non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) studies in FND are very heterogeneous in design, which prevent us to make meaningful conclusions.
• The efficacy of NIBS techniques as potential treatments for FND remain to be confirmed.

Abstract

Functional Neurological Disorder (FND), also known as conversion disorder, is characterized by neurological symptoms that are incompatible with any known structural disorder and best explained by a biopsychosocial model. Evidence-based treatments for FND are limited, with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and physiotherapy being the most effective interventions [1]. In recent years, functional neuroimaging studies have provided robust evidence of alterations in activity and connectivity in multiple brain networks in FND. This body of evidence suggests that neurocircuitry-based interventions, such as non-invasive brain stimulation techniques (NIBS), may also represent an effective therapeutic option for patients with FND.

In this systematic review, we outline the current state of knowledge of NIBS in FND, and discuss limitations and future directions that may help establish the efficacy of NIBS as a therapeutic option for FND.

Open access, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589986421000757

 

Yet another paper that basically says nothing but helps to establish FND as a 'thing' in the literature.

 

1] am i an ungrateful git for wondering if this is potentially related to the nih cc interventional study?

- https://www.s4me.info/threads/usa-n...tramural-me-cfs-study.2980/page-9#post-399548
- the intervention seems to be transcranial magnetic stimulation

2] am i a hypersensitive git for wondering if locating freudian hysteria in the brain is the new lbd?

 

Full disclosure and all we need to know.