Functional Movement Disorders have been prevalent in the healthcare community for many years making up 16% of patients referred to a neurologic clinic.1 However, this group of neurological disorders has undergone numerous name changes, which has created confusion on the appropriate terms and defining factors. When healthcare professionals cannot agree on a common definition for a condition, it demonstrates a lack of understanding for the pathology. Functional Movement Disorders share the same physiological symptoms of neurologic disorders but because of its nonorganic nature and lack of psychological stressors, it can be difficult to diagnose.2 Functional Movement Disorders originally stem from a group of disorders labeled as “hysteria”
