Functional Disorders in Neurology : Case Studies - 19/07/16

Doi : 10.1016/j.ncl.2016.04.013

Jon Stone, MB ChB, PhD, FRCP ^a,^⁎ , Ingrid Hoeritzauer, MB ChB, BSc, MRCP ^a, Jeannette Gelauff, MD ^b, Alex Lehn, MD, FRACP ^c,^d, Paula Gardiner, MSc, Dip CBT ^a, Anne van Gils, MD ^e, Alan Carson, MB ChB, MD, FRCP, FRCPsych ^a,^f
^a Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK
^b Department of Neurology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, Groningen 9713 GZ, Netherlands
^c Mater Centre for Neurosciences, 551 Stanley Street, South Brisbane, Queensland 4101, Australia
^d School of Medicine, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia
^e University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Interdisciplinary Center Psychopathology and Emotion regulation, Hanzeplein 1, Groningen 9713 GZ, Netherlands
^f Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK

^∗Corresponding author.

Resumen

Functional, often called psychogenic, disorders are common in neurological practice. We illustrate clinical issues and highlight some recent research findings using six case studies of functional neurological disorders. We discuss dizziness as a functional disorder, describing the relatively new consensus term Persistent Posturo-Perceptual Dizziness (PPPD), axial jerking/myoclonus as a functional movement disorder, functional speech symptoms, post-concussion disorder with functional cognitive symptoms and finally advances in treatment of dissociative seizures and functional motor disorders.

El texto completo de este artículo está disponible en PDF.

Keywords : Functional, Psychogenic, Conversion disorder, Nonepileptic seizures, Movement disorder, Dizziness, Physiotherapy, Psychotherapy