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
2021
How to do things with words Two seminars on the naming of functional (psychogenic, non-epileptic, dissociative, conversion, …) seizures
Wardrope A, Dworetzky BA, Barkley GL, Baslet G, Buchhalter J, Doss J, Goldstein LH, Hallett M, Kozlowska K, LaFrance WC, McGonigal A, Mildon B, Oto M, Perez DL, Riker E, Roberts NA, Stone J, Tolchin B, Reuber M. How to do things with words Two seminars on the naming of functional (psychogenic, non-epileptic, dissociative, conversion, …) seizures. Seizure 2021, 93: 102-110. PMID: 34740139, PMCID: PMC9308960, DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2021.10.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychogenic non-epileptic seizuresNon-epileptic attack disorderFunctional seizuresDissociative seizuresNon-epileptic seizuresAmerican Epilepsy SocietyHealth care systemNew diagnostic labelSynchronous electrical activityPatient responseDifferential diagnosisEpilepsy SocietyAttack disorderConversion disorderEpileptic seizuresSeizuresCare systemElectrical activityDiagnostic labelsDiagnosisDisordersEpilepsyPseudoseizuresBrainParoxysmsHow Should Clinicians Minimize Harms and Maximize Benefits When Diagnosing and Treating Disorders Without Biomarkers?
Tolchin B, Tolchin DW, Stein MA. How Should Clinicians Minimize Harms and Maximize Benefits When Diagnosing and Treating Disorders Without Biomarkers? The AMA Journal Of Ethic 2021, 23: e530-536. PMID: 34351262, DOI: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.530.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFunctional Seizures
Marcolini E, Tolchin B. Functional Seizures. Emergency Medicine Clinics Of North America 2021, 39: 123-132. PMID: 33218653, DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2020.09.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional seizuresEpileptic seizuresFunctional neurologic disordersElectroencephalography findingsPsychogenic seizuresTherapeutic challengeClinical historyEpileptic dischargesNeurologic disordersConversion disorderSeizuresMental illnessBiopsychosocial modelDisordersSocial factorsSymptomsIllness
2020
Neuropsychiatric Aspects of Epilepsy
Tolchin B, Hirsch LJ, LaFrance WC. Neuropsychiatric Aspects of Epilepsy. Psychiatric Clinics Of North America 2020, 43: 275-290. PMID: 32439022, DOI: 10.1016/j.psc.2020.02.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeuropsychiatric disordersNeuropsychiatric aspectsCertain neuropsychiatric disordersAntiseizure medicationsClinical outcomesTherapeutic optionsEpidemiologic studiesEpilepsyMultidisciplinary teamNeuropsychiatric impactDisordersBidirectional relationshipTreatmentClose collaborationComorbiditiesMedicationsPathophysiologySocial factorsDiagnosis