The FND Society Podcast
Welcome to the FND Society Podcast, a series tailored for clinicians and researchers in the field of Functional Neurologic Disorders.
The podcast covers a wide range of topics, from basic science aspects like neuroimaging and biomarkers to clinical practice issues such as diagnosis, treatments, and outcomes. It also explores how FND is understood and treated within the current medical and psychological paradigms, with a goal to enhance knowledge and awareness across the medical community.
Our goal is to make this a valuable and accessible resource for professionals, delivering the latest research in FND through engaging conversations with experts in the field. We aim for this series to be a practical and informative experience, connecting listeners directly with groundbreaking developments and insights in FND. It's our hope that each episode will contribute meaningfully to your professional knowledge and understanding.
For more information about the FND Society visit: www.fndsociety.org
The FND Society Podcast
Samantha Weber: Defining Stress and Subtyped Trauma
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This episode includes discussion with Dr. Samantha Weber regarding her Professional Pathway and Background to FND Research and Practice; Defining Stress and Subtyped Trauma, How this relates to Body and Brain (cortisol levels, HPA, amygdala / hippocampus etc.); Prevalence Factors, Specifically as it Relates to Female Predominance in FND, and lastly Translating Bench to Bedside as it relates to targets for treatment (emotional, and physiological / regulatory) and evolving available clinical imaging options to identify dysfunction in FND at the patient level
Links:
- Samantha WEBER | PostDoc Position | Master of Health Science and Technology ETH Zurich | Inselspital, Universitätsspital Bern, Bern | Department of Neurology | Research profile (researchgate.net)
- Identification of biopsychological trait markers in functional neurological disorders - PubMed (nih.gov)
- Healthcare employment as a risk factor for functional neurological disorder: A case-control study - PubMed (nih.gov)
