Milestone for FND care in Germany: first guideline on functional motor disorder, published by German Neurol. Society. I contributed to comorbidities, pharmacotherapy & placebo/nocebo. Hope it's a valuable resource for clinicians & support people living with FND.
register.awmf.org/de/leitlinie...
Brilliant 3 part BBC documentary on the mind blowing & tragic case of Megan Bhari that’s presented as a case of Factitious or Induced Illness (FII) = Munchausen’s by proxy
= medical abuse
It’s almost impossible to imagine that a parent could do this to their child
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
📣Small, but mighty, new paper:
Electronic health record study of FND led by the brilliant @liviaasan.bsky.social
👌👌👏👏
Largest study to date of real world data on the basics of FND
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sign o the times
These two papers in Lancet Psychiatry about placebo/nocebo in practice and in trials are very worth reading. Be mindful about expectation in your patients/yourself, and critical even with RCTs. I hope reporting on placebo conditions, treatment expectations and blinding success improves steadily!!
Delighted to report our study on sensory symptoms has been published in @braincomms.bsky.social - @jonstoneneuro.bsky.social, Prof. Mark Edwards, Dr. Jan Coebergh, @roryhigginsphysio.bsky.social, @gnielsenphysio.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/braincomms/a...
Just over 4 weeks left until the @FNDSociety 2026 Baltimore meeting! zurl.co/qqGFg
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What are the preferences of novel in silico and in vivo agents that aren't directly engineered toward a specific set of behaviors? An example, from the world of Lenia (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenia) - here's our #preprint on agnosiophobia (avoidance of the unknown):
arxiv.org/abs/2605.30708
We are looking for volunteers with experience of Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) presentations in A&E settings to contribute to a BPS study day on FND.
If you are interested in getting involved, please submit your interest via the Microsoft Form: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
Take 5 minutes to view this video from teenager Molly's powerful speech on living with #FND to TD's and Senators in Leinster House on April 30th, 2026, which received a standing ovation. Share Molly's voice to change our healthcare system. 💚🧡
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NamW...
@fndportal.bsky.social
Tim Nicholson
Livia Asan
Tim Nicholson
Catbus
Livia Asan
www.bbc.co.uk
Rory Higgins
Jon Stone
Mike Levin
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First of 2 great @thelancetpsych.bsky.social
articles on placebo/nocebo in psychiatry (& relevance to all of medicine) led by the brilliant @mattburkemd.bsky.social
This one on harnessing placebo & mitigating nocebo
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
FND Ireland
BPS Division of Neuropsychology
We looked at a global cohort of >145,000 patients with a record of FND in the last 30 ys in TriNetX: confirmed frequent comorbidities and outcomes often worse than in MS.
Read in JAMA Neurology:
tinyurl.com/yc4wfyaj
Open access to the accepted manuscript:
osf.io/rwtnp
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In psychiatry and medicine, there is a long history of framing placebo effects primarily as nuisance factors and focusing on how they should be minimi…
This cohort study compared the prevalence of neurological comorbidities among people with functional neurological disorder versus those with epilepsy and multiple sclerosis.
