An important study (IMO) looking at social dynamics re: FND on Twitter. People w FND face continual attack by a variety of groups who dismiss our condition and experiences - ranging from abusive clinicians to other disabled people. It makes it even harder to exist in public with this dx.

"A large proportion of the discourse around FND on X is shaped by users who are dismissive of the concept of FND and those associated with it...implications for individuals getting support for a condition that is already widely misunderstood." www.jmir.org/2025/1/e73439

Some great clinical tips on managing FND- from someone who actually has it

🌎 Join the 1st Latin American Congress on Functional Neurological Disorders (FND)! 📅 Nov 20–22, 2025 | Lima, Peru | Hybrid 🎓 Includes Poster Call with international awards 🌍 🔗 Scan QR codes for registration & info

Pleased that "Continuum" the AAN journal asked for this article on the management of functional movement disorder - coauthored with @alancarson15.bsky.social Article paywalled but podcast is free. Some snippets in thread🧵 Article: continuum.aan.com/doi/full/10.... Podcast: x.com/ContinuumAAN....

📢 Delighted to have Dr. Caoimhe McLoughlin speak at our first #FNDIreland Conference on 'The Role of Neuropsychiatry in FND' and share her research on Stigma in #FND which she completed under the supervision of @jonstoneneuro.bsky.social and @alancarson15.bsky.social. 💚🧡 @fndportal.bsky.social

New NHS England Neurology Service specification. ✅FND is one of seven core subspecialties ✅FND services MUST be provided in each specialised neurology centre. This is huge recognition of how common FND is in neurology - and unthinkable 20 yrs ago. 1/ t.co/XvGo0NIryA

Thanks Amy Ross Russell and Huw Green for a great discussion on "Health anxiety in a neurological setting" for this "Practical Neurology" podcast. www.podbean.com/ew/pb-ru6gh-...

Great thread from @jonstoneneuro.bsky.social on a paper that took a lot of effort from a superb team to wrestle the evidence and many complexities of the relation between FND and migraine into shape! 👏👏💪🏻💪🏻

Our new open access paper looking at Migraine and FND, two of the commonest conditions in neurological practice. Migraine and functional neurological disorder (FND)—a review of comorbidity and potential overlap. academic.oup.com/braincomms/a... 🧵1/

Good to see an article on multidisciplinary treatment for Functional Movement Disorder by @jonstoneneuro.bsky.social and @alancarson15.bsky.social feature in this months issue of @continuumaan.bsky.social.💚🧡 continuum.aan.com/doi/abs/10.1... #FND #FNDIreland @fndportal.bsky.social

Country singer Lisa McHugh has today shared her recent diagnosis of FND on her social media. We wish Lisa all the best with her rehabilitation. We at #FNDIreland know the challenges of living with #FND and we are here to support.💚🧡 www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/iris... @fndportal.bsky.social

If you have FND, please spare a few minutes for this research study from Bristol. They want to hear from people with FND about their views on complementary and alternative therapy, regardless of whether you've tried those or not. bit.ly/4n5FsF5

Well done @jonstoneneuro.bsky.social & team in preparing this film to help health professionals especially in emergency settings learn about functional seizures & how they differ from epileptic seizures.🧡💚 neurosymptoms.org/en/media/fnd... @hselive.bsky.social @inmoirl.bsky.social @rcsi.bsky.social

"Inside FND" - a new short film about FND A film that draws on evidence from patients, clinicians and research to counter common misconceptions about Functional Neurological Disorder (FND). 🧵 www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDAv...

🧵1/ New research alert! Our preprint is out: the largest study to date exploring neuropsychiatric and mental health outcomes in women with hyperemesis gravidarum (HG). What did we find? A lot, and it matters. 📄https://ssrn.com/abstract=5263136 👇

Well done Dr Caoimhe McLoughlin and @jonstoneneuro.bsky.social for creating this short film with Peter, Katerina and Louise. FND does not have to be a mystery, it is a real neurological condition with clear rule in criteria for diagnoses. 💚🧡 #FND #FunctionalNeurologicalDisorder

Time to get the facts straight. 🙌 Thanks @jonstoneneuro.bsky.social, Caoimhe McLaughlin and Anna Ross, and the ETUDE team for bringing this to life.

"Inside FND" - a new short film about FND A film that draws on evidence from patients, clinicians and research to counter common misconceptions about Functional Neurological Disorder (FND). 🧵 www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDAv...

It's not too late to register for the FND Society "Functional Seizures and Epilepsy" course - Jun 13-14. In-person and online places available. www.fndsociety.org/fnd-educatio.... FNDS members - $170 Trainee members - $50 Trainee members (virtual) - $0!

My colleague, Kevin Aho, writes about his recent diagnosis of Functional Neurological Disorder: aeon.co/essays/what-... #philsky #philosophy

NEW FND FILM !- 'Recognising Functional Seizures'🎥 neurosymptoms.org/en/media/fnd... This 7-minute film was designed to help doctors and other health professionals, especially in emergency medical settings, learn about functional seizures and how to tell them apart from epileptic seizures. 1/

NEW FND FILM !- 'Recognising Functional Seizures'🎥 neurosymptoms.org/en/media/fnd... This 7-minute film was designed to help doctors and other health professionals, especially in emergency medical settings, learn about functional seizures and how to tell them apart from epileptic seizures. 1/

Well done to @jonstoneneuro.bsky.social and the team at neurosymptoms.org for preparing these easy read information sheets on functional seizures and FND. We are currently working on our #FND information sheets which will include an easy read format. 💚🧡 #FNDIreland @neuroscienceirl.bsky.social

We made a page for people with intellectual disability and FND, and their carers including: ✅ easy read factsheet for functional seizures ✅ easy read factsheet for FND in general neurosymptoms.org/en/treatment... Thanks to Katy Morton, Jane Stuart and @isobel-anne.bsky.social for leading these

Great video from Neuro Physio Glenn Nielsen on #FND- youtu.be/pJbAYouMdt8?...

I was asked by the Neuropsychoanalysis society to write an article about FND in response to one by Mark Solms discussing how predictive processing could map on to psychoanalytic ideas. doi.org/10.1080/1529... 1/

This is so good! I’m blown away by the depth and insight Biba brings to this conversation - much respect

The economic evaluation of the Physio4FMD trial was finally published today! www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/... @jonstoneneuro.bsky.social

An honour to join the @fndfriends team in @TorbaySDevonNHS hospital for #FNDAwarenessDay.

Please support FND Dimensions by sharing/attending this event celebrating the resilience of people with Functional Neurological Disorder: Stage and Screen - A Musical Concert, Friday 28th March 2025 - University Hall, NTU City Campus, Nottingham #FND 🧠🎵💪

neurologyopen.bmj.com/content/7/1/... Very pleased to see this diagnostic aid for Functional cognitive disorders out. It needs further testing but i m feeling optimistic given the cumulative wisdom of the clinicians who kindly provided input into the development

New review article on health anxiety for neurologists with Huw Green in Practical Neurology ❌Health anxiety is NOT FND. ✅Can occur in any neurological condition, ✅Reassurance usually makes it worse ✅Specific treatment. pn.bmj.com/content/earl... Free link - tinyurl.com/5n7shutv

Delighted to learn about this: FND Aotearoa, the first FND patient group in Aotearoa / New Zealand! 🙌 www.fnda.nz/home

Sharing our new paper reporting key stakeholder perspectives on outcome measurement in #FND. This work will help ensure that outcome measures are patient-centred and clinically relevant in future. Thanks Sonja Rutten @abw89.bsky.social @timnicholson.bsky.social! 🙏 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

New editorial in @PracticalNeurol on the pitfalls of diagnostic signs in FND - a short thread... pn.bmj.com/content/earl...

Finally, a prospective study on FND in MS www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Lovely/comprehensive review of metacognition and functional neurological disorder; a condition that demands a metacognitive interpretation: doi.org/10.1093/brai... The emerging picture aligns with findings in psychopathology more broadly—metacognitive performance is often equivalent to controls.

#FNDIreland are delighted to share this positive news following a year of intense advocacy and lobbying. As our founder says this is just the first step, but a very important one!💚🧡 #FND youtube.com/shorts/xWILk... @fndportal.bsky.social @jonstoneneuro.bsky.social @erinmcgreehan.bsky.social

Explaining functional symptoms well is essential. Demonstrating motor phenomena such as the Hoover sign is very helpful. But how do we explain sensory symptoms, which affect 4 in 5 patients with functional neurological disorder? (answer below, paper here: doi.org/10.1136/pn-2...) [1/3]

Following a successful lecture in September, I have been asked to come back and speak about FND, my experience, lack of treatment pathways + how I recovered. Consequently every nurse graduating from @bangoruniversity.bsky.social from now on will have a basic understanding/ compassion for #FND 🙏

This is best article on FND I've read yet. "We need a new science of brain and mind that really encapsulates that brain health equals mental health and physical health." I would also add spirit to the equation.

I've put together a starter pack for the FND science community. Please repost to share the link and do let me know of folks I've missed so I can add them to the group. Thanks everyone 🙏 🧵 1/

I wrote an article about my dad's death, and how it affected my views on assisted dying, published in the Times Free version here

How common is FND? ‘Incidence and Prevalence of Functional Neurological Disorder: A systematic review’ – a new open access article in JNNP led by Sara Finkelstein with Clare Diamond, and @alancarson15.bsky.social jnnp.bmj.com/content/earl... 1/🧵

Important thread conceptually for all those interested in brain injury and concussion- introduces important concepts from clinical neurosciences to sports medicine

During my dx of FND I was shamed, dismissed and told “this is something that happens to women sometimes, now you know it isn’t real it will likely stop”. The medical trauma this induced forced me into the shadows, vowing I’d never bother a dr about my seizures again.

"Iatrogenic harm in FND" – new review article @brain1878 very much the work of Caoimhe McLoughlin – a short thread. academic.oup.com/brain/advanc... 1/

New FND guidance from the British Psychological Society on the role of neuropsychology/psychology in FND management in children and adults - a one stop shop for scientific, clinical, and policy references in FND, with a focus on the UK but global relevance explore.bps.org.uk/content/repo...

I love an excuse to re-listen to John Rothwell and Anthony Barker talking about the invention of TMS - www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DI3...