Functional Neurological Disorders

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Functional neurological disorders are a collection of disorders in which patients experience neurological symptoms, such as numbness, weakness, seizure-like events, or abnormal gait or movements, but without a visible underlying pathology. Underlying mechanisms for these disorders are incompletely understood but the prevailing theory is that the symptoms are related to psychological factors.

Read more about how these disorders are diagnosed and treated at Nationwide Children’s Hospital: Functional Neurological Disorders: What Pediatric Neurologists Should Know.