Massachusetts General Hospital: Study Provides Insights on How Early Life Trauma Can Contribute to Functional Neurological Disorder
February 14, 2020
February 14, 2020
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 14 -- Massachusetts General Hospital issued the following news release:
In individuals with functional neurological disorder (FND), the brain generally appears structurally normal on clinical MRI scans but functions incorrectly (akin to a computer software crashing), resulting in patients experiencing symptoms including limb weakness, tremor, gait abnormalities and non-epileptic seizures. In some cases, childhood maltreatment may have been a contributing . . .
In individuals with functional neurological disorder (FND), the brain generally appears structurally normal on clinical MRI scans but functions incorrectly (akin to a computer software crashing), resulting in patients experiencing symptoms including limb weakness, tremor, gait abnormalities and non-epileptic seizures. In some cases, childhood maltreatment may have been a contributing . . .