,
Nielsen, Glenn http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6053-5670
Stone, Jon http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9829-8092
Buszewicz, Marta http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4016-5857
Carson, Alan http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7425-0964
Goldstein, Laura H. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9387-3035
Holt, Kate
Hunter, Rachael
Marsden, Jonathan
Marston, Louise http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9973-1131
Noble, Hayley http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4267-1609
Reuber, Markus http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4104-6705
Edwards, Mark J.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Health Technology Assessment Programme (16/31/63)
Article History
Received: 18 July 2019
Accepted: 10 September 2019
First Online: 21 October 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethics approval was granted from the London-Surrey Borders Research Ethics Committee on 28 March 2018, reference number 18/LO/0486. Local NHS approvals are being obtained prior to opening each trial site. Written, informed consent is obtained from each participant prior to undertaking any trial activities.
: Not applicable.
: Glenn Nielsen receives research funding from the National Institute for Health Research. Marta Buszewicz receives research funding from the National Institute of Health Research. Alan Carson acknowledges submitting paid testimony in court actions on a range of neuropsychiatric topics, receiving payment as editor of Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, royalties from BMJ press and Elsevier for books and he is the unpaid treasurer of the Functional Neurological Disorder Society. Mark Edwards has received research funding from the Medical Research Council, National Institute for Health Research, and the Guarantors of Brain; honoraria from Merz Pharma, TEVA, and UCB; and publishing royalties from Oxford University Press. Laura Goldstein receives publishing royalties from Wiley and Routledge. Rachael Hunter receives research funding from the National Institute for Health Research. Jonathan Marsden receives research funding from the National Institute for Health Research. Louise Marston receives research funding from the National Institute for Health Research. Markus Reuber receives payment as Editor in Chief of Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy; royalties from Oxford University Press; an unrestricted research grant from UCB; and speaker fees from Eisai, Livanova, and UCB. Jon Stone receives royalties from UpToDate Inc. and acknowledges paid testimony as an expert witness in court in relation to functional neurological disorders. He is supported by NHS Scotland Career Fellowship and runs the free websitefor patients with functional neurological disorders.None of the other authors have competing interests to declare.