{"title":"Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) in children and adolescents: What to know","authors":"Rebecca Laptook Ph.D., Kelsey Borner Ph.D., Heather Chapman M.D., Jessica Gore PT, DPT, MSPT, Jamie Gainor DiPietro M.D.","doi":"10.1002/cbl.30892","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>Limb paralysis/weakness/numbness, syncope, seizures, blindness, developmental regression, memory loss, difficulty speaking; these are all symptoms of Functional Neurological Disorder (FND), which is when a person experiences real sensory/cognitive/motor symptoms that have no underlying structural or anatomical abnormality.</p>","PeriodicalId":101223,"journal":{"name":"The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter","volume":"41 9","pages":"1-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cbl.30892","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Limb paralysis/weakness/numbness, syncope, seizures, blindness, developmental regression, memory loss, difficulty speaking; these are all symptoms of Functional Neurological Disorder (FND), which is when a person experiences real sensory/cognitive/motor symptoms that have no underlying structural or anatomical abnormality.