Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) results in fluctuating control of voluntary activities. PM&R Associate Professor Victor Mark, M.D. explains why FND has only recently begun to be acknowledged as ...

For one local teenager, everyday routines most of us take for granted – running errands, going to school, even watching a ...

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 ...

Shortly after the beginning of the COVID crisis, I met my first client with functional neurological disorder (FND). I've practiced in the mental health field for more than a decade. Yet, I'd never ...

-- 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, ...

Danni Cooper, 21, was diagnosed with functional neurological disorder (FND) after losing the ability to walk or talk Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

It’s not all in their heads — but that’s what they’re told. A baffling brain disorder leaves people shaking, stumbling and sometimes completely blacking out, only to be doubted by doctors, friends and ...

What “started as chest pain, tics and seizure-looking episodes” eventually “affected my entire body,” she said. “I wasn’t able to go to school and wasn’t able to get any answers. I lost my memory and ...

Patients with functional seizures had slightly better cognitive performance than those with epilepsy, but worse performance compared with a healthy cohort of patients, according to a systematic review ...