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Functional (Psychogenic) Movement Disorders: Phenomenology, Diagnosis and Treatment

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Functional (psychogenic) movement disorders (FMD) are part of the spectrum of functional neurological disorders. FMD occupy a grey area between neurology and psychiatry characterized by complex pathophysiology, difficulties in making and communicating the diagnosis to the patients and multidisciplinary management. In this chapter, we provide an update on the current knowledge on clinical phenomenology, diagnosis and management of FMD.

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  1. Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, National Hospital of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, WC1N 3BG, UK

    A. Macerollo MD

  2. Institute of Molecular and Clinical Sciences, St George’s University of London, London, UK

    M. J. Edwards MBBS, BSc (Hons), PhD

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  1. Faculty of Medicine, Transilvania University, Brasov, Romania

    Cristian Falup-Pecurariu

  2. Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, Lisbon, Portugal

    Joaquim Ferreira

  3. National Center of Epidemiology and CIBERNED, Carlos III Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain

    Pablo Martinez-Martin

  4. Centre of Excellence, King’s College London, National Parkinson Foundation Centre of Excellence King’s College, London, United Kingdom

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Macerollo, A., Edwards, M.J. (2017). Functional (Psychogenic) Movement Disorders: Phenomenology, Diagnosis and Treatment. In: Falup-Pecurariu, C., Ferreira, J., Martinez-Martin, P., Chaudhuri, K. (eds) Movement Disorders Curricula. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1628-9_34

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