2022
Motivational Interviewing for Functional Movement Disorder
Tolchin B, Martino S. Motivational Interviewing for Functional Movement Disorder. Current Clinical Neurology 2022, 223-235. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-86495-8_18.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFunctional movement disordersFunctional neurological disorderPhysical therapyMovement disordersUse of MIHealthy behaviorsOverview of MIPatients' own reasonsLimited patient engagementPatient adherenceTreatment adherenceBody of evidenceWorse outcomesMedical treatmentPatient engagementTherapeutic interventionsTreatment planNeurological disordersPatientsTherapyMedical settingsMI efficacyDisordersInterventionBehavioral changes
2019
Randomized controlled trial of motivational interviewing for psychogenic nonepileptic seizures
Tolchin B, Baslet G, Suzuki J, Martino S, Blumenfeld H, Hirsch LJ, Altalib H, Dworetzky BA. Randomized controlled trial of motivational interviewing for psychogenic nonepileptic seizures. Epilepsia 2019, 60: 986-995. PMID: 30980679, DOI: 10.1111/epi.14728.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychogenic nonepileptic seizuresQuality of lifeMI participantsPNES frequencyMotivational interviewingControl participantsNonepileptic seizuresQuaternary care medical centerEmergency department visitsEmergency department utilizationSingle neurologistDepartment visitsTreatment adherenceControl armMedical CenterMI armsSeizuresVisitsTrialsAdherenceParticipantsPsychotherapyAdherentArmReferral