What is it about?
Functional motor disorder (FMD) represent a gray area between neurology and psychiatry. This study analyzes the pathological emotional-cognitive functioning of 30 people with FMD compared with 30 age- and sex-matched healthy controls (HC), using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2).
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Why is it important?
Identifying cognitive-affective functioning of people with FMD and behavioral characteristics could be useful to improve understanding of the disorder and therapeutic approaches.
Perspectives
I hope this article will raise awareness within the international scientific community about the need for in-depth research, using detailed tools, into the psychological factors in FMD that may act as precipitating, predisposing, and perpetuating elements
Sofia Cuoco
Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, Scuola Medica Salernitana, University of Salerno, Baronissi, Italy.
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This page is a summary of: Personality Profiles Among People With Functional Motor Disorders, Journal of Neuropsychiatry, September 2025, American Psychiatric Association,
DOI: 10.1176/appi.neuropsych.20250021.
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