In neurology and liaison psychiatry, it is common to encounter patients with functional neurological disorders (FND), whose clinical presentation requires joint management. The somatic, neurological, and psychiatric comorbidities associated with FNDs add significant complexity to care (symptom overlap, stress-related modulation of symptoms, and multiple barriers to treatment engagement) and necessitate early detection and intervention to prevent a poorer prognosis. Drawing on an illustrative clinical case, this article presents an integrated, early intervention care model for hospitalized FND patients, involving coordinated input from neurology, liaison psychiatry, physiotherapy, and occupational therapy teams.
Trierweiler et al. (Thu,) studied this question.