TY - JOUR
T1 - Functional neurological disorder is a feminist issue
AU - McLoughlin, Caoimhe
AU - Hoeritzauer, Ingrid
AU - Cabreira, Verónica
AU - Aybek, Selma
AU - Adams, Caitlin
AU - Alty, Jane
AU - Ball, Harriet A.
AU - Baker, Janet
AU - Bullock, Kim
AU - Burness, Chrissie
AU - Dworetzky, Barbara A.
AU - Finkelstein, Sara
AU - Garcin, Béatrice
AU - Gelauff, Jeannette
AU - Goldstein, Laura H.
AU - Jordbru, Anika
AU - Huys, Anne-Catherine Ml
AU - Laffan, Aoife
AU - Lidstone, Sarah C.
AU - Linden, Stefanie Caroline
AU - Ludwig, Lea
AU - Maggio, Julie
AU - Morgante, Francesca
AU - Mallam, Elizabeth
AU - Nicholson, Clare
AU - O'Neal, Mary
AU - O'Sullivan, Suzanne
AU - Pareés, Isabel
AU - Petrochilos, Panayiota
AU - Pick, Susannah
AU - Phillips, Wendy
AU - Roelofs, Karin
AU - Newby, Rachel
AU - Stanton, Biba
AU - Gray, Cordelia
AU - Joyce, Eileen M.
AU - Tijssen, Marina A. J.
AU - Chalder, Trudie
AU - McCormick, Maxanne
AU - Gardiner, Paula
AU - Bègue, Indrit
AU - Tuttle, Margaret C.
AU - Williams, Isobel
AU - McRae, Sarah
AU - Voon, Valerie
AU - McWhirter, Laura
N1 - Funding Information:
This paper represents research part- funded (LHG, SP, TC) by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, King’s College London and the Medical Research Council (SP). LMcW receives funding from the Scottish government Chief Scientist’s office. IH receives funding from an NHS Research Scotland clinical fellowship. CM and VC received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska- Curie grant agreement No 956673.
Copyright:
© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2023. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ.
PY - 2023/3/28
Y1 - 2023/3/28
N2 - Functional neurological disorder (FND) is a common and disabling disorder, often misunderstood by clinicians. Although viewed sceptically by some, FND is a diagnosis that can be made accurately, based on positive clinical signs, with clinical features that have remained stable for over 100 years. Despite some progress in the last decade, people with FND continue to suffer subtle and overt forms of discrimination by clinicians, researchers and the public. There is abundant evidence that disorders perceived as primarily affecting women are neglected in healthcare and medical research, and the course of FND mirrors this neglect. We outline the reasons why FND is a feminist issue, incorporating historical and contemporary clinical, research and social perspectives. We call for parity for FND in medical education, research and clinical service development so that people affected by FND can receive the care they need.
AB - Functional neurological disorder (FND) is a common and disabling disorder, often misunderstood by clinicians. Although viewed sceptically by some, FND is a diagnosis that can be made accurately, based on positive clinical signs, with clinical features that have remained stable for over 100 years. Despite some progress in the last decade, people with FND continue to suffer subtle and overt forms of discrimination by clinicians, researchers and the public. There is abundant evidence that disorders perceived as primarily affecting women are neglected in healthcare and medical research, and the course of FND mirrors this neglect. We outline the reasons why FND is a feminist issue, incorporating historical and contemporary clinical, research and social perspectives. We call for parity for FND in medical education, research and clinical service development so that people affected by FND can receive the care they need.
KW - conversion disorder
KW - functional neurological disorder
KW - neuropsychiatry
KW - somatisation disorder
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85152201145&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1136/jnnp-2022-330192
DO - 10.1136/jnnp-2022-330192
M3 - Review article
C2 - 36977553
SN - 0022-3050
JO - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry
JF - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry
ER -
