| Study name |
The role of the temporo‐parietal junction in functional neurological disorders. A study with mindfulness‐based stress reduction therapy |
| Methods |
Randomised controlled trial |
| Participants |
Adults with dissociative [conversion] disorders |
| Interventions |
8 weeks of "Mindfulness‐based stress reduction therapy", as developed by Jon Kabat‐Zinn + treatment as usual in people with FND compared with treatment as usual in FND. |
| Outcomes |
Primary outcomes
Performance on a behavioural task Performance on an objective measurement of muscle strength Subjective assessment of own agency The fMRI measures of blood oxygenation in the right TPJ during the behavioural task Stress biomarker Correlation between subjective sense of agency, aberrant functional connectivity and stress parameters
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| Starting date |
18 March 2020 |
| Contact information |
Professor Selma Aybek, Department of Neurology, Bern University Hospital Inselspital C. L. Lora Haus, Freiburgstrasse 41G, 3010 Bern, Switzerland |
| Notes |
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