Resilience linked to personality dimensions, alexithymia and affective symptoms in motor functional neurological disorders

Reduced resilience, a construct associated with maladaptive stress coping and a predisposing vulnerability for Functional Neurological Disorders (FND), has been under-studied compared to other neuropsychiatric factors in FND. This prospective case-control study investigated self-reported resilience in patients with FND compared to controls and examined relationships between resilience and affective symptoms, personality traits, alexithymia, health status and adverse life event burden.

Source: Journal of Psychosomatic Research - February 13, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Rozita Jalilianhasanpour, Benjamin Williams, Isabelle Gilman, Matthew J. Burke, Sean Glass, Gregory L. Fricchione, Matcheri S. Keshavan, W. Curt LaFrance, David L. Perez Source Type: research