Psychiatric Comorbidities in Functional Movement Disorders: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Functional movement disorders (FMD) are characterized by abnormal movements and motor symptoms incongruent with a known structural neurologic cause. While psychological stressors have long been considered an important risk factor for developing FMD, little is known about the impact of psychiatric comorbidities on disease manifestations or complexity.

Objectives

To compare characteristics of FMD patients with co-occurring mood and trauma-related psychiatric conditions to FMD patients without psychiatric conditions.

Methods

We performed a retrospective cohort study of patients seen in the University of Colorado Health system between January 1, 2015 and December 31, 2019. Patients were included if they had a diagnosis of FMD, determined by ICD-10 coding and ≥1

SUBMITTER: Macchi ZA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8287186 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature