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Topics by Year
2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023
2020 Topics
May 14: What are Functional Neurological Disorders? An Introduction to FND
Mark Hallett, MD
May 21: Dissociative Seizures: Challenges and Practical Solutions
Gaston C. Baslet, MD and Barbara A. Dworetzky, MD
May 28: Functional Movement Disorder Q&A
Anthony Lang, MD, FRCPC and Sarah C. Lidstone MD, PhD
June 4: Journal Club: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Adults with Dissociative Seizures (CODES)
Laura H. Goldstein, PhD, MPhil, FBPsS
June 11: Sharing the Diagnosis of FND
Jon Stone, PhD
June 18: Basing FND Treatment on Understanding Mechanism
Alan J. Carson, MD
June 25: Notes from the First International Imaging Workgroup Meeting in FND
Selma Aybek, MD and David Perez, MD
July 2: Functional vs. Other Dystonia Presentations
Joseph Jankovic, MD
July 9: Setting up a Telemedicine Clinic for Patients with Functional Movement Disorder
Kathrin LaFaver, MD, Erica Sieg, PsyD, and Shari Marchbanks, PT, DPT, NCS
July 16: Physiotherapy for FND
Glenn Nielsen, PhD
July 23: Setting up an FND Teaching Curriculum
Alex C. Lehn, MD with commentary by Prof. Michael Sharpe
July 30: Functional Cognitive Disorders
Harriet Ball, PhD and Laura McWhirter
August 6: Occupational Therapy in FND
Clare Nicholson with commentary by Nathan Zasler, MD
August 13: Trial Methodology in FND
Alberto J. Espay, MD, MSc with commentary by Vaughan Bell, PhD
August 20: Treatment of Patients with Conversion (Functional) Disorders
W. Curt LaFrance, Jr., MD, MPH
August 27: Genetics, Childhood Trauma, and Functional Movement Disorder
Primavera Spagnolo, MD with commentary by Mark Hallett, MD
September 3: Why FND Is Not Malingering
Mark J. Edwards, MBBS, BSc, FRCP, PhD
September 10: An Activity Based Inter Disciplinary Rehabilitation Approach to FND
Anika Aakerøy Jordbru
September 17: The Translational Neural Circuitry of Anxiety
Prof. Oliver Robinson with commentary by Alfonso Fasano, MD, PhD
September 24: Conversation Analysis in FND
Markus Reuber, MD, PhD, FRCP
October 1: Functional Gait Disorders
Bas Bloem, MD, PhD
October 8: Persistent Postural-perceptual Dizziness: A Functional Neurotologic Disorder
Jeffrey P. Staab, MD
October 15: Functional Tics
José Fidel Baizabal Carvallo, MD, MSc with commentary by Joseph Jankovic, MD
October 22: Neuroscience-based Discussion of FND
Sepideh Bajestan, MD, PhD and Michel Medina, MD with commentary by Luciana Giambarberi, MD
October 29: Stress and FND: A Complex Relationship
Timothy R. Nicholson, MD, PhD
November 5: Occupational Therapy for Sensory Processing Difficulties in FND: A Promising Approach
Jessica Ranford, MS, OTR/L and Julie MacLean, OTR/L
November 12: Psychodynamic Therapy for FND
Richard J. Brown BSc (Hons), PhD, ClinPsyD, CPsychol, SFHEA
November 19: Psychogenic Amnesia
Michael Kopelman, PhD, FBPsS, FRCPsych
December 3: What's in a Name?
An International Moderated Discussion with Many Points of View Regarding the Name(s) of Seizure Variant FND
Presented by Barbara A. Dworetzky, MD with Moderator David L. Perez, MD, MMSc
December 10: SHIFT Trial - Internet Education for FND
Jeannette M. Gelauff, MD with commentary by Marina AJ De Koning-Tijssen, MD, PhD
2021 Topics
January 7: FND in Delhi: Clinical Spectrum and Diagnostic Challenges
Sanjay Pandey, MD DM with commentary by Carine W. Maurer, MD, PhD
January 14: Functional Tics and Complex Repetitive Behaviours
Christos Ganos, MD
January 21: Emergency Presentations of FND
Stoyan Popkirov, Dr. med.
January 28: Depression in Neurological Disease
Alan J. Carson, MB ChB, MPhil, MD
February 4: Agency, Belief, and Stress
Selma Aybek, MD
February 11: Screening Scores for Dissociative Seizures Prior to Video-EEG
Wesley Kerr, MD, PhD
February 18: Somatic Symptom Disorder – Out of Date or More Timely Than Ever?
Bernd Löwe, Prof. Dr. med. Dipl. Psych
February 25: Findings from a National FND Database
Michele Tinazzi, MD, PhD
March 4: Laboratory Assisted Diagnosis of FND
Petra Schwingenschuh, MD moderated by Karlo J. Lizarraga, MD, M.Sc.
March 11: Inflammation and Mental Health – The Novel Frontier
Carmine Pariante, FRCPsych moderated by Christina M. Van Der Feltz-Cornelis, MD, PhD
April 15: The Evidence Base for Psychotherapies in FND
Myles Gutkin, Psychiatrist
April 22: Migraine and FND
Nina Riggins, MD, PhD
April 29: Drug Treatment for Functional Somatic Symptoms
Per Fink, MD, PhD, DMSc
May 6: Testing a Novel Pathway for Paediatric Functional Seizures
Tyson Sawchuk, PhD
May 13: Placebo Effects
Matthew J. Burke, MD, FRCPC
May 20: Recognition and Treatment of Physical Co-morbidities
Jan Coebergh, MBBS, FRCP
May 27: Brain Stimulation and FND
Béatrice Garcin, MD, PhD
June 3: Is There Still a Role for Abreaction?
Norman A. Poole, MD, FRCPsych, MSc
June 10: Hypnosis and FND
Jason Price, B.Sc., D.Clin.Psy, M.Sc. and Devin B. Terhune, Cognitive Neuroscientist
June 17: Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) and FND
Alfonso Fasano, MD, PhD, Alberto J. Espay, MD, MSc, and Francesca Morgante, MD, PhD
2022 Topics
March 22: Speech and Language Therapy for FND - A Study Day Webinar
Jon Stone, PhD, Laura McWhirter, PhD, Kirsty McKenzie, Dawn Golder, and Charmaine Smith
2023 Topics
May 4: Journal Club: A new science of emotion: Implications for functional neurological disorder
Johannes Jungilligens, PhD