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Jon Stone @jonstoneneuro.bsky.social · 7d

Pleased that "Continuum" the AAN journal asked for this article on the management of functional movement disorder - coauthored with @alancarson15.bsky.social

Article paywalled but podcast is free.
Some snippets in thread🧵

Article: continuum.aan.com/doi/full/10....
Podcast: x.com/ContinuumAAN....

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JB_AU @jbau.bsky.social · 10d

This whole section really.

Finally: AI cannot do your job, but an AI salesman can 100% convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can't do your job, and when the bubble bursts, the money-hemorrhaging "foundation models" will be shut off and we'll lose the AI that can't do your job, and you will be long gone, retrained or retired or "discouraged" and out of the labor market, and no one will do your job.
AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations:

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Alan Carson @alancarson15.bsky.social · 15d

It was an elegant study- interesting work

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Alan Carson @alancarson15.bsky.social · 16d

Would one not antipate differences depending on system thus for vision space may be more important but say pain one might predict time??

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Alan Carson @alancarson15.bsky.social · 17d

They made a nice job of it and it is well reasoned- although part of me thinks you could have knocked out the answer in the pub before you got half way through first pint

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Alan Carson @alancarson15.bsky.social · 18d

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Functional/dissociative seizures: Proposal for a new diagnostic label and definition by the ILAE task force

The acceptability and validity of the term

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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FND Ireland @fndireland.bsky.social · 19d

📢 Delighted to have Dr. Caoimhe McLoughlin speak at our
first #FNDIreland Conference on 'The Role of Neuropsychiatry in FND' and share her research on Stigma in #FND which she completed under the supervision of @jonstoneneuro.bsky.social and @alancarson15.bsky.social. 💚🧡
@fndportal.bsky.social

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FND Portal @fndportal.bsky.social · Sep 4

It’s not “dismissing” someone to give them a diagnosis of Functional Neurological Disorder.

Like all other conditions, it’s either

1. A correct dx for that person, or
2. not.

When you say “dismissing as FND,” you reveal that you think there’s a hierarchy of disorders, some more legit than others

Bateman Horne Center @batemanhornecenter.bsky.social · Sep 2

“We must make the correct diagnoses, & stop dismissing patients with IACCs as having ‘nothing’ or Functional Neurological Disorder. This dismissal can no longer be tolerated.” –Dr. Brayden Yellman, @medscape.com buff.ly/3DxvK9H

#MECFS #LongCOVID

Graphic with a blue gradient background. Large quote text reads: 'We must make the correct diagnoses, rather than telling patients they ‘don’t have anything’ or labeling them with ‘functional neurological disorder.’ This type of dismissal can no longer be tolerated.' – Brayden Yellman, MD. Below, text says: 'Medscape article: Where Is the Medical Home for Post-infectious Illness?' At the bottom, text reads: 'Read full article: https://bit.ly/47Mndzb
.' On the right side is a smiling male doctor in a white coat, blue checkered shirt, tie, and stethoscope.

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Alan Carson @alancarson15.bsky.social · Sep 4

Is it not the case that both propositions are extremes- lesion based studies clearly show some localisation but adaptations shows widespread networks- so my bet is schrodingers- you’re both simultaneously right and wrong

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Alan Carson @alancarson15.bsky.social · Sep 4

2 of last 3 sold out so when bookings go live later this year- get in

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Alan Carson @alancarson15.bsky.social · Aug 14

www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl...

No surprises here- but good to see confirmed- what many of us who followed the evidence have been saying

Effects of therapeutic interventions on long COVID: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Exercise training should be prioritized for improving cardiopulmonary function and exercise capacity in Long COVID, supported by high-certainty evidence. Respiratory muscle training and PEA-LUT offer ...

www.thelancet.com

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Alan Carson @alancarson15.bsky.social · Jul 22

Alasdair has dedicated himself to this topic for last 25 years- ghis should be cracking

Alasdair MacLullich @amaclullich.bsky.social · Jul 21

There's a real gap in public information on #delirium & I'm aiming to help address this with this book.

Get a pdf of Chapter 1 via this link:

www.the4at.com/family-delir...

#familycaregiver

A book on delirium for families - providing fundamental information on key aspects of the condition, including how to look after people with dementia who develop delirium.

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Alan Carson @alancarson15.bsky.social · Jul 21

Great work by veronica the app is now available - Mementum by cogniss

FND Ireland @fndireland.bsky.social · Jul 21

Interesting study by Veronica Breira, @jonstoneneuro.bsky.social, @alancarson15.bsky.social on digital self-help for functional cognitive disorder. 💚🧡

#FND @neuroscienceirl.bsky.social @fndportal.bsky.social

Brain Communications @braincomms.bsky.social · Jul 20

@Veronicabreira @jonstoneneuro @AlanCarson15 report on a novel digital self-help functional cognitive disorder intervention. The CBT–based programme led to symptom improvement in 62% of participants and boosted quality of life and more. Read at buff.ly/jD4JbCF

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Alan Carson @alancarson15.bsky.social · Jun 30

Maybe they could pay their fair share of taxes instead?

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Jun 29

Priscilla Chan’s decision to stop funding the school she opened to help struggling families shows the risks for communities reliant on wealthy private donors.

The Chan-Zuckerbergs stopped funding social causes. 400 kids lost their school.

Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg’s retreat from funding social issues forced the closure of a school Chan opened for disadvantaged families in Silicon Valley.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Alan Carson @alancarson15.bsky.social · Jun 21

Absolutely- also although we live in an era of biomarkers and imaging remember the single most useful investigation in dementia is speaking to s family member

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Alan Carson @alancarson15.bsky.social · Jun 21

There are multiple levels of assumptions and calculations and dats fitting- none pre registered through this analysis

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Alan Carson @alancarson15.bsky.social · Jun 21

I ll eat humble pie when the findings are independently replicated

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Sarah Garfinkel @sarahgarf.bsky.social · Jun 4

What an amazing opportunity! Taught by the brilliant @vaughanbell.bsky.social and free for @bnpa.bsky.social members. BNPA is a wonderful society uniting psychiatrists, neurologists, neuropsychologists, neuroscientists and psychologists. Join today

BNPA.bsky.social @bnpa.bsky.social · May 14

Tailored neuropsychiatry training day for clinical psychologists:

Mental health in ABI and epilepsy; FND; alcohol-related cognitive impairment

Fri 4 Jul, Central London

Free for BNPA members. Not a member? Register for the day below and join the BNPA for £70

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/understand...

Understanding neuropsychiatric problems for clinical psychologists

A one-day course on the interaction between mental health and neurological disorders for clinical psychologists and neuropsychologists

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Alan Carson @alancarson15.bsky.social · Jun 4

Congratulations Michael

Alan Carson @alancarson15.bsky.social · May 26

academic.oup.com/brain/advanc.... This is interesting

Classifying neurogenic dysphagia as a movement disorder

Swallowing is a complex sensorimotor task with widespread control throughout the nervous system. Jones et al. explore swallowing disorders in neurological

academic.oup.com

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Alan Carson @alancarson15.bsky.social · May 13

I d add physio and ot- getting patients up and mobile asap

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Alan Carson @alancarson15.bsky.social · May 13

Great read but i wondered on your thoughts of ticket pricing going forward- it was stratospherically expensive- and there were a significant number of empty seats

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Ross Colquhoun @rosscolquhoun.bsky.social · May 12

Westminster keeps misdiagnosing why voters turn to Farage. Mimicry isn’t cure - it feeds decline. The real remedy is education, a better standard of living, and hope. Brexit sped up UK’s decline and left voters searching for easy targets to blame, aided by Reform/Tories/Labour.

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Alan Carson @alancarson15.bsky.social · May 8

It is slightly disappointing the tendancy in psychanalysis to a ‘creationist’ approach with all ideas starting with Freud but the basic principles of object relations theory has so much to offer to all medicsl encounter not just FND

FND Portal @fndportal.bsky.social · May 7

This is a really excellent article on the intersecting histories of FND and psychoanalysis - and the damage still ongoing.

FND defies simple explanations and reductionism

Thank you @jonstoneneuro.bsky.social for writing (and the kind mention) and @fndireland.bsky.social for sharing!

FND Ireland @fndireland.bsky.social · May 6

Article by @jonstoneneuro.bsky.social on the legacy of psychoanalysis for FND: insights and harms. Extracts from article below including importance of listening to the FND patients experience and referencing @fndportal.bsky.social
Limited dree downloads available www.tandfonline.com/eprint/BHVEX...

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Tim Nicholson @timnicholson.bsky.social · Apr 29

📣Fantastic FND Society course on diagnostics, aetiology & Mx of functional seizures+ epilepsy

13-14 June online (or in person Boston USA!)

👌👌

@fndsociety.bsky.social
@jonstoneneuro.bsky.social
@alancarson15.bsky.social
@mahyog.bsky.social
@davidlewisperez.bsky.social
@fndportal.bsky.social

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