Functional Neurological Disorder
Clinical teaching and practical ideas for your next study session.
FND and Workers’ Compensation: Incentive Is Not Intent
A workers’ compensation claim may make an external incentive relevant, but it does not prove intentional symptom production. Learn how to weigh positive FND findings, normal tests, and evidence of intent in board-style diagnosis questions.
FND Management SAQs: Match Each Treatment to a Target
A strong FND management answer matches rehabilitation and psychological support to the patient’s symptoms and functional needs—without assuming a cause, a comorbidity, or a one-size-fits-all treatment.
One Patient, Two Episodes: Reassessing FND After Intentional Illness Induction
Documented intentional insulin induction may support a later factitious-disorder formulation if the full criteria are met. It does not, by itself, prove that earlier functional weakness was deliberate.
Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder and Trauma: Why the Positive Exam Matters More Than the Story
A history of childhood neglect or a later traumatic event can shape formulation, but it does not establish functional neurological symptom disorder. Learn how to separate diagnostic criteria from contextual risk and assess PTSD or dissociation without turning trauma into a diagnostic shortcut.