The FND Society Podcast
Welcome to the FND Society Podcast, a series tailored for clinicians and researchers in the field of Functional Neurologic Disorders.
The podcast covers a wide range of topics, from basic science aspects like neuroimaging and biomarkers to clinical practice issues such as diagnosis, treatments, and outcomes. It also explores how FND is understood and treated within the current medical and psychological paradigms, with a goal to enhance knowledge and awareness across the medical community.
Our goal is to make this a valuable and accessible resource for professionals, delivering the latest research in FND through engaging conversations with experts in the field. We aim for this series to be a practical and informative experience, connecting listeners directly with groundbreaking developments and insights in FND. It's our hope that each episode will contribute meaningfully to your professional knowledge and understanding.
For more information about the FND Society visit: www.fndsociety.org
Episodes
21 episodes
Julia Doss: Pediatric FND Behavioral Health
Dr. Julia Doss is the owner and director of Doss Clinic of Health Psychology. The clinic is focused on providing care for patients with Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures (PNES) and other forms of Functional Neurological Disorder (FND). She is a...
Jeff Waugh: Paediatrics FND Current Topics
This week our guest is Dr. Jeff Waugh. Dr. Waugh is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Neuroscience at the University of Texas, Southwestern, in Dallas. He founded and directs the Pediatric Movement Disorders Program and founded and co-di...
Sarah Cope – FND, EMDR, & Psychotherapy
This episode’s guest is Dr. Sarah Cope, DClinPsy. Dr. Cope is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist at St. Georges University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as well as South West London & St. Georges Mental Health NHS Trust. She is an accredit...
Multi-Cultural Podcast Series Part 3: FND Research, Funding & International Collaboration
This is a 3 part panel series, exploring FND across the international arena. Part 1 includes FND diagnosis, access, and discussion of treatment landscapes, Part 2 including FND culturally relevant factors within the biopsychosocialspiritual mod...
Multi-Cultural Podcast Series: Part 2: FND & Cultural Factors Within Biopsychosocial Model
This is a 3 part panel series, exploring FND across the international arena. Part 1 includes FND diagnosis, access, and discussion of treatment landscapes, Part 2 including FND culturally relevant factors within the biopsychosocialspiritual mod...
Multi-Cultural Podcast Series: FND Diagnosis, Access, & Treatment Landscapes
Multi-Cultural Podcast Series: Part 1 FND Diagnosis, Access, & Treatment LandscapesThis is a 3 part panel series, exploring FND across the international arena. Part 1 includes FND diagnosis, access, and discussion of treatment...
Noah Silverberg & Ryan Van Patten - FND & Neuropsychology
In this episode we have two guests, both esteemed board-certified neuropsychologists. Dr. Noah Silverberg is an associate professor at the University of British Columbia, and Dr. Ryan Van Patten is an assistant professor at Brown University. &n...
Clare Nicholson - Occupational Therapy & FND
This episode’s guest is Clare Nicholson. Clare has a Masters in Clinical Research, and a Bachelors degree in Occupational Therapy and works at the National Hospital For Neurology and Neurosurgery in London. She was the lead author on t...
Beatrice Garcin - TMS in FND
This episode’s guest is Dr. Beatrice Garcin who is a neurologist at Avicenne Hospital and Sorbonne Paris Nord University. We cover a range of topics including TMS in FND, neurologic comorbidities in FND, positive signs / rule in signs in ...
Jeff Staab - Persistent Postural-Perceptual Dizziness (PPPD)
Professor Jeffrey Staab from the Mayo clinic brings together balance and psychiatry in his academic and clinical practice. He joins Dr Cotton in this podcast to speak about PPPD, vestibular migraine and the impact of dizziness on quality ...
Biba Stanton - Blending Neurology & Psychiatry - Practice Considerations in FND
This episode’s guest is Dr. Biba Stanton, the clinical lead for Neurology at Kings College Hospital in London. One of Dr. Stanton specialties is the complimentary elements of Neurology & Psychiatry for FND, and we discuss the biopsychosocia...
FNDS Educational Opportunities
This brief conversation introduces some of the educational opportunities within FNDS, namely highlighting the virtual educational course – FND: Rehabilitation 101 put together by Glenn Nielsen and Sarah Lidstone – which is coming out by the end...
Daniel Clauw - Nocioplastic Pain
In this episode Prof Clauw explores collaborative conversations about terminology with patients and across specialities. He talks about nocioplastic pain and teases out his thoughts about long covid. There is an excellent discussion about modif...
David Perez
Dr. David Perez, is a dual trained Neurologist-Psychiatrist and Cognitive-Affective Neuroscientist. He is an Associate Professor of Neurology & Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Clinically, Dr. Perez is the founding director of the Func...
FNDS Conference 2024
The episode covers the FNDS Annual meeting which took place in early June in Verona Italy, including daily conference highlights, and interviews with several of the conference speakers. This was a multi-disciplinary conference bringing together...
Matt Butler: Psychedelic Treatment of Functional Neurological Disorder
This episode includes discussion with Dr. Matthew Butler regarding his professional pathway and background to FND research and practice including a detour into philosophy and nerdy book recommendations, his parallel work as a trial doctor on ps...
Aaron Fobian: Retraining and Control Therapy (ReACT)
Aaron D. Fobian, PhD is an Associate Professor and clinical psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Alabama at Birmingham where she is the PI of the Functional Neurological Disorder and Pediatric Behavioral Health Labo...
Samantha Weber: Defining Stress and Subtyped Trauma
This episode includes discussion with Dr. Samantha Weber regarding her Professional Pathway and Background to FND Research and Practice; Defining Stress and Subtyped Trauma, How this relates to Body and Brain (cortisol levels, HPA, amygdala / h...
Selma Aybek: Identification of biopsychological trait markers in functional neurological disorders
In this episode we speak with Dr Selma Aybek about her pathway into FND research, neuroimaging in FND, the implications for reducing stigma and unhelpful historical dichotomies or dualistic approaches in mind-body disorders. Next, we discuss th...
Johannes Jungilligens: A new science of emotion - implications for functional neurological disorder
This episode features a discussion with Dr. Johannes Jungilligens about his professional pathway and background in FND research and practice. It covers the Interoceptive Model of Emotions and its relevance to FND, the neuroanatomy involved in t...