OT and Functional Neurological Disorder: OT CEU Course with Naoya Ogura

Functional neurological disorder (FND) has been called a “silent epidemic,” a “crisis” in neurology, and psychiatry’s “blind spot.” And, I have to admit it has been a huge personal blind spot for me. I knew nothing of this condition.

Luckily, others in the OT community have been hard at work standardizing care for these patients. Multidisciplinary treatment, including referral to OT is a best practice for these patients. And, today we will look at expert recommendations for OT assessment and treatment.

After we review the OT recommendations for FND, we will welcome Naoya Ogura, OTD, OTR/L. He is the West Los Angeles Clinic Director at Re-active and specializes in neurological conditions like POTS, EDS, MCAS, and FND.

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Episode article:
Occupational therapy consensus recommendations for functional neurological disorder. https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/91/10/10...

Timestamps:
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:43 What is Functional Neurological Disorder?
00:04:17 What treatment is recommended?
00:04:53 What was the intent of this paper?
00:05:05 What were their methods?
00:05:46 Recommendations for OT
00:09:51 Article discussion and conclusion
00:10:52 Intro to Naoya Ogura
00:12:28 How Naoya learned about FND
00:14:15 How his clinic earned a reputation for specializing in FND
00:21:43 Article impressions
00:22:48 Client education on FND
00:27:17 Approaching FND differently from other neuro cases
00:33:53 Assessment for FND
00:39:08 Naoya's treatment approaches
00:48:20 Advice for navigating functional seizures
00:50:53 What does discharge look like?
00:53:32 Not enough people with FND make it to OT. How do we change that?