Efficacy of the Multidisciplinary Treatment to the Quality of Life of With Functional Movement Disorders

Efficacy Study of the Multidisciplinary Therapeutic Approach to the Quality of Life of Patients With Functional Movement Disorders and Their Caregivers

Randomized-clinical trial of multidisciplinary approach versus psychoeducation in patients with functional movement disorders: impact to their quality of life and their caregivers' quality of life. Patients with functional movement disorders are randomized in two arms of a one-month treatment (physiotherapy + cognitive-behavioral therapy versus psychoeducational as sham intervention) with a 3-month and 5-month follow-up where the investigators will measure the change in the patients' and caregivers' quality of life. Movement disorders specialists will review the severity of symptoms as blinded raters in the 3th-month and 5th-month follow-up.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosis of Functional Movement Disorders (Espay and Lang, 2015)
• Patients should be 18 years old or older and capable of giving consent to freely and willingly participate in the study.
• Patients should be able to attend the one-month ambulatory regime and follow-up visits.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Any condition that avoid the patient from giving free consent to participate in the study.
• Any non-controlled psychiatric disorders