FND EDUCATION PROJECT
FND Education Project
Free, evidence-informed education about Functional Neurological Disorder for people with FND, supporters, and clinicians.
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Important: This project is under active development. It provides general education, not individual medical advice, diagnosis, emergency assessment, or treatment.
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Course
The FND Course is a step-by-step introduction to FND. It covers what FND is, how it is diagnosed, current research and uncertainty, symptom knowledge, safety, treatment and rehabilitation, daily life, self-advocacy, and long-term management.
Reference Library
The Reference Library is for looking up a symptom, clinical question, recovery approach, or related condition. It includes:
- Understanding an FND diagnosis — shared explanations of positive diagnosis, tests and investigations, everyday function, and other concepts that recur across symptoms.
- Diagnostic techniques — symptom-specific positive signs, examination techniques, diagnostic criteria, limitations, and differential considerations.
- Recovery techniques — symptom-specific rehabilitation, treatment, self-management, safety, access, and continuing-care approaches.
- Common co-occurring symptoms and conditions — topics such as migraine, persistent headache, tinnitus, pain, fatigue, sleep difficulty, autonomic symptoms, and other conditions that may occur alongside FND.
- Biopsychosocial experiences associated with FND — cross-cutting experiences that can matter in daily life without being diagnostic signs or proof of what caused FND, beginning with emotional regulation, irritability and overwhelm.
The glossary explains clinical, research, and rehabilitation terms in plain language.
For shorter printable material, visit Booklets and Course Puzzles.
Three main audiences
Most educational pages are organized for three audiences:
- For the Person With FND
- For Family, Friends, and Other Supporters
- For Clinicians and the Care Team
A Research and Sources section supports those three audiences with citations, evidence limits, and source notes.
Help build the project
FND Education is looking for people with FND, family members and other supporters, clinicians, researchers, writers, illustrators, and accessibility reviewers.
Visit the contact page to share a skill, review material, suggest an improvement, or ask about helping in a small way. We welcome people living with FND.
Additional information
For the project’s purpose, editorial approach, planned supporter material, authorship and AI-assistance policy, evidence approach, full disclaimer, and project-documentation links, see Additional Project Information.
You can also browse the site map.