A new guideline by the American Academy of Neurology says psychological interventions are possibly effective in helping people achieve freedom from functional seizures. Functional seizures, previously ...

Functional seizures are a type of functional neurological disorder, or FND, that also goes by the name conversion disorder. It means “any neurological symptom incompatible with a known medical or ...

Lisa McHugh shared that she was diagnosed with a lesser known condition that affects the brain and nervous system. Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) means that the brain and body have trouble ...

Functional neurological disorder (FND) is often misunderstood and needs recognition and parity in medical education, research, and clinical service, according to a group of 46 neurologists, ...

Benjamin Scrivener receives funding from the Health Research Council of New Zealand and is a supporting member of Functional Neurological Disorder Aotearoa. University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau ...

In individuals with functional neurological disorder (FND), the brain generally appears structurally normal on clinical MRI scans but functions incorrectly (akin to a computer software crashing), ...

The hypothesis that long COVID might be related to a functional neurological disorder (FND) remains untested, a systematic review showed. Across 102 long COVID studies, neurologic symptoms were ...

Functional neurological disorder (FND) describes symptoms like paralysis, seizures, and tremor-related to a disorder of nervous system functioning rather than conditions like multiple sclerosis or ...