Neuropsychiatric Factors Linked to Adherence and Short-Term Outcome in a U.S. Functional Neurological Disorders

Sean P Glass1, Nassim Matin1, Benjamin Williams1

  • 1From the Department of Neurology, Cognitive Behavioral Neurology Unit, Functional Neurology Research Group, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston (SPG, NM, BW, SSY, DLP); the Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatry Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston (SPG, DLP); the Department of Physical Therapy, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston (JM, JC); the Department of Neurology, Movement Disorders Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston (CDS); and the Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University, Alpert Medical School, Providence, R.I. (WCL).

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