Clinical and neural responses to cognitive behavioral therapy for functional tremor
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- Received March 6, 2019
- Accepted in final form June 19, 2019
- First Published October 4, 2019.
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Author Disclosures
- Alberto J. Espay, MD, MSc,
- Scott Ries, LISW,
- Thomas Maloney, MS,
- Jennifer Vannest, PhD,
- Erin Neefus, BS, CCRP,
- Alok K. Dwivedi, PhD,
- Jane B. Allendorfer, PhD,
- Lawson R. Wulsin, MD,
- W. Curt LaFrance, Jr, MD, MPH,
- Anthony E. Lang, MD, FRCPC and
- Jerzy P. Szaflarski, MD, PhD
- Alberto J. Espay, MD, MSc,
Abbvie, NeuroDerm, TEVA, Impax, Acadia, Acorda, Cynapsus/Sunovion, Lundbeck, Osmotica Pharmaceutical, and USWorldMeds
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Editorial board member of the Journal of ParkinsonÂs Disease and Parkinsonism and Related Disorders.
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Cambridge University Press, and Springer.
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Consultant for Abbvie, NeuroDerm, TEVA, Impax, Acadia, Acorda, Cynapsus/Sunovion, Lundbeck, Osmotica Pharmaceutical, and USWorldMeds
Abbvie, UCB, USWorldMeds, Lundbeck, Acadia, the American Academy of Neurology, and the Movement Disorders Society
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NIH
Great Lakes Neurotechnologies
Michael J Fox Foundation, Davis Phinney Foundation
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- Scott Ries, LISW,
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- Jane B. Allendorfer, PhD,
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(1) Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, Reviewer, 2017-present (2) Clinical Therapeutics, Guest Editor, 2017
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(1) LivaNova, Inc.
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(1) Alabama Department of Commerce, (no grant number), Sub-Investigator, 2014-2019 (2) Department of Defense, W81XH-17-0619, Sub-Investigator, 2017-2021
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(1) The Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute
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- Lawson R. Wulsin, MD,
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1) Psychosomatic Medicine, 2017-present, editorial board member 2) Psychosomatics, 2009-present, editorial board member 3) J Psychosomatic Research, 2016, editorial board member 4) General Hospital Psychiatry, 2010 editorial board member
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- W. Curt LaFrance, Jr, MD, MPH,
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Editorial Board for Epilepsia and for Epilepsy and Behavior; Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry; Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
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Gates and Rowan's Nonepileptic Seizures, Cambridge University Press, 2018 Taking Control Of Your Seizures: Workbook and Therapist Guide, Oxford University Press, 2015
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Department of Defense, W81XWH-17-0169, Neuroimaging Biomarker for Seizures, Role: PI, 9/30/17-8/31/21
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medico-legal expert work
- Anthony E. Lang, MD, FRCPC and
Abbvie, Acorda, Biogen, Bristol Myers Squibb, Intracellular, Janssen, Jazz, PhotoPharmics, Sunovion, Lilly, Lundbeck, Merck, Ono, Paladin, Roche, Seelos, Syneos, Sun Pharma, Theravance, and Corticobasal Degeneration Solutions.
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Sun Pharma, Medichem, Medtronic, AbbVie and Sunovion
Movement Disorders:Clinical Practice Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry
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Schapira A, Lang AE, Fahn S. Movement Disorders 4. Saunders, Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA 2009. Olanow CW, Stocchi F, Lang AE. The Non-motor and Non- Dopaminergic Features of ParkinsonÂs Disease. Wiley- Blackwell, UK. 2011. Weiner WJ, Shulman LM, Lang AE. ParkinsonÂs Disease: A Complete Guide for Patients and Families. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2001 Receives publishing royalties from Cambridge University Press.
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Brain Canada, Canadian Institutes of Health Research Ontario Brain Institute
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Edmond J Safra Philanthropic Foundation, Michael J. Fox Foundation, Parkinson Foundation, Parkinson Canada, W. Garfield Weston Foundation
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- Jerzy P. Szaflarski, MD, PhD
UCB Pharmaceuticals, Inc SK Life Sciences, Inc GW Pharmaceuticals, Inc
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Contributing Editor, Epilepsy Currents Associate Editor, Journal of Epileptology Editorial Board Member, Folia Medica Copernicana Editorial Board Member, Journal of Medical Science Associate Editor, Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience Editorial Board Member, Conference Papers in Medicine Editorial Board Member, Epilepsy and Behavior
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100% of my clinical practice is related to diagnosing and treating patients with epilepsy
SAGE Pharmaceuticals Inc., GW Pharmaceuticals Inc., NeuroPace Inc., UCB Pharmaceuticals Inc,
NIH R21 MH103828 (Consultant), NIH R01 MH102951 (Co-Investigator), DoD PT130232 (Co-PI), NIH K23 EB008452 (mentor), NIH R01 NS080898 (Co-Investigator), NIH R01 HD068488 (PI), EQUIGEN studies - University of Cincinnati (site PI), NIH K23 MH092735 (mentor), NIH R01 NS065840 (subcontract PI), NIH R01 NS035929 (subcontract PI), NIH R01 NS048281 (PI); National Science Foundation (OIA - 1632891)
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Charles Shor Foundation for Epilepsy Research (PI)
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Medico-legal expert
- From the Gardner Family Center for Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders (A.J.E., E.N.); Mood Disorders Center (S.R., L.R.W.), University of Cincinnati Gardner Neuroscience Institute; Pediatric Neuroimaging Research Consortium (T.M., J.V.), Cincinnati Children's Hospital; Department of Pediatrics (J.V.), University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, OH; Department of Biomedical Sciences (A.K.D.), Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso; Department of Neurology (J.B.A., J.P.S.), University of Alabama at Birmingham; Division of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Neurology (W.C.L.), Rhode Island Hospital, Providence; and Edmond J. Safra Program in Parkinson's Disease and Morton and Gloria Shulman Movement Disorders Clinic (A.E.L.), Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- Correspondence
Dr. Espay alberto.espay{at}uc.edu
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