Functional neurological disorders: an Australian interdisciplinary perspective

Elizabeth Pepper¹, Adith Mohan^{2

3}, Kenneth Butcher^{4

5}, Mark Parsons^{4

6}, Jackie Curtis^{4

5

7}

Affiliations

¹ John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, NSW.
² Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW.
³ Neuropsychiatric Institute, Prince of Wales Hospital and Community Health Services, Sydney, NSW.
⁴ UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW.
⁵ Prince of Wales Hospital and Community Health Services, Sydney, NSW.
⁶ Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, NSW.
⁷ Mindgardens Neuroscience Network, Sydney, NSW.

Elizabeth Pepper et al. Med J Aust. 2022.

. 2022 Jun 6;216(10):501-503.

doi: 10.5694/mja2.51543. Epub 2022 May 14.

Elizabeth Pepper¹, Adith Mohan^{2

3}, Kenneth Butcher^{4

5}, Mark Parsons^{4

6}, Jackie Curtis^{4

5

7}

¹ John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, NSW.
² Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW.
³ Neuropsychiatric Institute, Prince of Wales Hospital and Community Health Services, Sydney, NSW.
⁴ UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW.
⁵ Prince of Wales Hospital and Community Health Services, Sydney, NSW.
⁶ Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, NSW.
⁷ Mindgardens Neuroscience Network, Sydney, NSW.

No abstract available

Keywords: Neuropsychiatry; Psychosomatic medicine; Somatoform disorders.

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