Efficacy of Hypnosis and Catalepsy Induction in Functional Neurological Disorders

Author:

Tibben Marleen Ieke12ORCID,van Opdorp Amras3,Bialek Wojtek1,Schaap Judith4,Tijssen Marina A.J.25ORCID,Merkx Maarten J.M.6

Affiliation:

1. HSK Expertise Center Functional Movement Disorders Woerden Mental Care Group Hilversum the Netherlands

2. UMCG expertise center Movements disorders Groningen, University of Groningen the Netherlands

3. Department of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences Radboud University Nijmegen the Netherlands

4. HSK Expertise Center Functional Movement Disorders Woerden Mental Care Group Hilversum Hilversum the Netherlands

5. Department of Neurology Universitity of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen Groningen the Netherlands

6. HSK, Mental Care Group Hilversum the Netherlands

Abstract

ABSTRACTBackgroundPatients with Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) experience complex patterns of motor and/or sensory symptoms. Treatment studies of psychological interventions are promising but limited.ObjectivesThe aim of the current pilot study is to investigate the effect of treatment consisting of a combination of hypnosis and catalepsy induction on FND symptom severity.MethodsA within‐subject waiting list‐control design was used with 46 patients diagnosed with FND. The treatment consisted of 10 sessions. The primary outcome measure was FND symptom severity (The Psychogenic Movement Disorder Rating Scale; PMDRS). The secondary outcome measures were psychological distress and quality of life.ResultsThe repeated measures (RM) ANOVA for the PMDRS as outcome measure revealed a significant effect for time with a large effect size (η2 = 0.679). Pairwise comparisons indicated that the effect of time in the treatment period was significant for the measure of FND symptom severity, whereas the waiting list period was not. The effect remained stable even at 8 weeks post treatment. As for the additional measurement, general psychological distress and quality of life, no statistically significant differences between individual time points were found.ConclusionsThis pilot study showed that eight sessions of treatment consisting of a combination of hypnosis and catalepsy induction was effective in reducing FND symptom severity. Some explanations and limitations are provided in the paper as well as several avenues of future research.

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Neurology (clinical),Neurology

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