“…music listening may be a means to modulate stress and mood during psychologically demanding periods.” Music Listening, Stress, and Mood During the COVID-19 Lockdown ja.ma/3w1ABLM

Nocebo effects are a powerful & complex neurobiological phenomenon influenced in part by expectations. In this study, ppl w/ vaccine hesitancy were far more likely to experience side-effects post COVID vaccine. nature.com/articles/s4159…

‘Why FND is not Feigning or Malingering’ - our new Nat Rev Neurology review and synthesis - with Mahinda Yogarajah and Mark Edwards nature.com/articles/s4158…. a thread… 1/

Functional Cognitive Disorder: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Differentiation from Secondary Causes of Cognitive Difficulties - ScienceDirect. Particularly relevant for those working with early onset dementia, mTBI/ concussion and long covid sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

It has been painful to see all the infighting in medicine & society on Long COVID. At the core is problematic black-and-white thinking of "real"/physical vs "not real"/psychosomatic I hope our piece in today’s The Globe and Mail helps with bridging the divide theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

I have a lot to say about this thread and not enough spoons to do it. The short version:

A multi-center randomized trial found benefit from cognitive behavioral therapy on severe fatigue among mostly non-hospitalized Long COVID patients through 6 months; evidence for benefit on some secondary outcomes also, e.g. concentration problems. academic.oup.com/cid/advance-ar…

What are the ethical implications of placebo effects and neuromodulation? Our latest article in The Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences dives into this complex topic. Matt Burke Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Excited to reveal👉The FND Workbook: Ways to Rewire for Children and Adolescents w/ FND. This collaborative project w/ the Functional Neurological Disorder Society Peds SIG was created for providers to support patients between diagnosis and treatment. Find it at: fndhope.org/wp-content/upl… #NeuroTwitter #FND

1/People often ask is #FND neurological or psychological? I would argue this is the wrong question. Areas of the brain that process movement, pain & emotion are so intertwined there really isn’t such a division.

Creating a “Brain-Mind-Body Interface Disorders” Diagnostic Category Across Specialties | The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences neuro.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/ap…

New Year...New amazing🧠fellowship opportunity! Temerty Medicine Azrieli Brain Medicine Fellowship is perfect for any residents looking to help shatter arbitrary divides between neuro, psychiatry, med/rehab... $100K/yr + research 💰 Applications due Feb 4. Please R/T for reach

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… Among 843 consecutively consecutively hospitalized neurology patients 4.4% had a discharge diagnosis of FND. (Plus 7.5% with medically unexplained symptoms.) Hope to see this prevalence reflected in curricula, research funding and service provision.

A lack of understanding of functional neurological disorders (FND), fuel vaccine hesitancy and promote made up "spike protein-related disease." FND is a real, prevalent and disabling condition. For clinicians who don’t know much about FND it can be hard to diagnose and can

I can't even be bothered to describe how incorrect this statement is. Chat GPT can provide the answers you need with why your statement is inaccurate “The statement "Zero connection between PTSD and POTS" is misleading because research suggests there is an association between

Fantastic to see our article led by Adriano Mollica Robin Cash and co-supervised by myself & Sean Nestor published today in Nature Mental Health Analyses converged on the salience network...a potential new direction for circuit-based therapy of concussion nature.com/articles/s4422…