# Ep. 198: The Complex Interaction between (Social) Media and Functional Neurological Disorders Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/eancast-weekly-neurology-5497158/ep-198-the-complex-interaction-between-social-media-and-functional-neurological-disorders Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/eancast-weekly-neurology-5497158/ep-198-the-complex-interaction-between-social-media-and-functional-neurological-disorders.md Podcast: [eanCast: Weekly Neurology](https://stenobird.com/podcast/eancast-weekly-neurology-5497158) Published: 2026-04-26T22:15:00+00:00 Episode link: https://eancast.podigee.io/198-neue-episode Audio file: https://audio.podigee-cdn.net/2465593-m-4166436f6f5abcd3d64f1e6c0fe9467b.mp3?source=feed Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/eancast-weekly-neurology-5497158/episodes/ep-198-the-complex-interaction-between-social-media-and-functional-neurological-disorders Duration seconds: 1741 ## Resource Moderator: Kirsten R. Müller-Vahl (Hanover, Germany) Guest: Natalia Szejko (Warsaw, Poland) and Anna Dunalska (Warsaw, Poland) In this episode, Kirsten R. Müller-Vahl speaks with Natalia Szejko and Anna Dunalska about functional neurological disorders and the influence of social media. They discuss common clinical presentations, challenges in diagnosis based on positive signs, and the impact of online information on symptom expression, patient expectations, and clinical management, with implications for contemporary neurological practice. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/eancast-weekly-neurology-5497158/episodes/ep-198-the-complex-interaction-between-social-media-and-functional-neurological-disorders/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/eancast-weekly-neurology-5497158/ep-198-the-complex-interaction-between-social-media-and-functional-neurological-disorders.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.