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Published Online: 22 January 2020

Functional Neurological (Conversion) Disorder: A Core Neuropsychiatric Disorder

Publication: The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
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The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
Pages: 1 - 3
PubMed: 31964243

History

Accepted: 4 October 2019
Published in print: Winter 2020
Published online: 22 January 2020

Keywords

  1. Functional Neurological Disorder
  2. Conversion Disorder
  3. Neurology
  4. Somatoform Disorders

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David L. Perez, M.D., M.M.Sc. [email protected]
The Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, Functional Neurology Research Group, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston (Perez); the Department of Neurology, Inselspital University Hospital and Clinical Neuroscience Bern Network, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland (Aybek); the Section of Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London (Nicholson); The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Australia, the Brain Dynamics Centre at Westmead Institute of Medical Research, Westmead, Australia, and Discipline of Psychiatry and Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney Medical School, Sydney, Australia (Kozlowska); the Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, and the Marcus Institute for Brain Health, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colo. (Arciniegas); and the Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University, Providence, R.I. (LaFrance).
Selma Aybek, M.D.
The Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, Functional Neurology Research Group, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston (Perez); the Department of Neurology, Inselspital University Hospital and Clinical Neuroscience Bern Network, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland (Aybek); the Section of Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London (Nicholson); The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Australia, the Brain Dynamics Centre at Westmead Institute of Medical Research, Westmead, Australia, and Discipline of Psychiatry and Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney Medical School, Sydney, Australia (Kozlowska); the Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, and the Marcus Institute for Brain Health, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colo. (Arciniegas); and the Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University, Providence, R.I. (LaFrance).
Timothy R. Nicholson, M.D., Ph.D.
The Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, Functional Neurology Research Group, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston (Perez); the Department of Neurology, Inselspital University Hospital and Clinical Neuroscience Bern Network, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland (Aybek); the Section of Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London (Nicholson); The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Australia, the Brain Dynamics Centre at Westmead Institute of Medical Research, Westmead, Australia, and Discipline of Psychiatry and Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney Medical School, Sydney, Australia (Kozlowska); the Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, and the Marcus Institute for Brain Health, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colo. (Arciniegas); and the Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University, Providence, R.I. (LaFrance).
Kasia Kozlowska, M.B.B.S., Ph.D.
The Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, Functional Neurology Research Group, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston (Perez); the Department of Neurology, Inselspital University Hospital and Clinical Neuroscience Bern Network, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland (Aybek); the Section of Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London (Nicholson); The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Australia, the Brain Dynamics Centre at Westmead Institute of Medical Research, Westmead, Australia, and Discipline of Psychiatry and Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney Medical School, Sydney, Australia (Kozlowska); the Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, and the Marcus Institute for Brain Health, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colo. (Arciniegas); and the Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University, Providence, R.I. (LaFrance).
David B. Arciniegas, M.D.
The Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, Functional Neurology Research Group, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston (Perez); the Department of Neurology, Inselspital University Hospital and Clinical Neuroscience Bern Network, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland (Aybek); the Section of Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London (Nicholson); The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Australia, the Brain Dynamics Centre at Westmead Institute of Medical Research, Westmead, Australia, and Discipline of Psychiatry and Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney Medical School, Sydney, Australia (Kozlowska); the Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, and the Marcus Institute for Brain Health, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colo. (Arciniegas); and the Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University, Providence, R.I. (LaFrance).
W. Curt LaFrance, Jr., M.D., M.P.H.
The Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, Functional Neurology Research Group, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston (Perez); the Department of Neurology, Inselspital University Hospital and Clinical Neuroscience Bern Network, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland (Aybek); the Section of Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London (Nicholson); The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Australia, the Brain Dynamics Centre at Westmead Institute of Medical Research, Westmead, Australia, and Discipline of Psychiatry and Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney Medical School, Sydney, Australia (Kozlowska); the Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, and the Marcus Institute for Brain Health, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colo. (Arciniegas); and the Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University, Providence, R.I. (LaFrance).

Notes

Send correspondence to Dr. Perez ([email protected]).

Competing Interests

Dr. Perez has received funding from Massachusetts General Hospital, NIH, and the Sidney R. Baer, Jr. Foundation, and he has received honoraria from the American Academy of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, the Movement Disorder Society, and Toronto Western Hospital. Dr. Aybek has received funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation. Dr. Nicholson is funded by a UK National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Clinician Scientist Fellowship. Dr. Arciniegas is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. Dr. LaFrance has served on the editorial boards of Epilepsia, Epilepsy & Behavior, the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, and the Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences; he receives editor’s royalties from Cambridge University Press and author’s royalties from Oxford University Press; he has received research grant support from the American Epilepsy Society, Brown University, the Department of Defense (grant W81XWH-17-0169 [principal investigator]), the Epilepsy Foundation, NIH (grant NINDS 5K23NS45902 [principal investigator]), Rhode Island Hospital, and the Siravo Foundation; he serves on the advisory board of the Epilepsy Foundation New England Professional; he has received honoraria for the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting Annual Course; he has served as a clinic development consultant at Cleveland Clinic, Emory University, Oregon Health and Science University, Spectrum Health, and the University of Colorado Denver; and he has provided medico legal expert testimony. Dr. Kozlowska reports no financial relationships with commercial interests.

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