Variation of Functional Neurological Symptoms and Emotion Regulation with Time.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The present study addressed the variation of emotion regulation in the context of functional neurological symptom disorder (FNSD) by examining changes of functional neurological symptoms (FNS), general psychological strain, alexithymia, emotion regulation strategies, and cortical correlates of emotion regulation in the context of a standard inpatient treatment program.

Methods and materials

Self-report data on FNS, general psychological strain, alexithymia, emotion regulation strategies, and cortical correlates of an experimentally induced emotion regulation task (participants either passively watched unpleasant and neutral pictures or regulated their emotional response to unpleasant pictures using pre-trained reappraisal, while an electroencephalogram was recor

SUBMITTER: Kienle J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5816796 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature