Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology / Director of Neuropsychiatry
Rhode Island Hospital
Providence, Rhode Island
W. Curt LaFrance Jr. is director of neuropsychiatry and behavioral neurology at Rhode Island Hospital and professor of psychiatry and neurology at Brown University Warren Alpert Medical School. He is Director of the VA Mind Brain Program, Program Director for VA National Expert Consultation & Specialized Services Neuropsychiatry Clinic, and a staff physician at the Providence VAMC. He studied at Wake Forest University (B.A. in Psychology), Medical College of Georgia (M.D.) and Brown University (MPH). He trained in Brown’s combined neurology/psychiatry residency and is double boarded. He has served on the EFA Professional Advisory Board and chaired task forces with the American Epilepsy Society and International League Against Epilepsy. He has received grants from EF, AES, Foundations, Veterans Affairs and the DoD, and a NINDS K23 Award. He trains clinicians around the country using distance supervision in neurobehavioral therapy (NBT), used for seizures, movement disorders, head injuries, cognitive and somatic symptom disorders, based on a whole-person, integrative medicine bio-psycho-social-spiritual approach. His research focuses on developing new biomarkers and treatments for neuropsychiatric aspects of epilepsy, conversion (functional neurological) disorders and traumatic brain injury. His studies are published in neurology and psychiatry journals. He is co-editor of the fourth edition of “Nonepileptic Seizures”, and co-author of “Taking Control of Your Seizures: Workbook” and “Taking Control of Your Seizures: Therapist Guide.” A goal of his work at Brown, nationally and internationally, has been to bridge neurology and psychiatry clinical practice and scientific research and to dissolve arbitrary boundaries between the two fields.
Innovative and Integrative Approaches to Functional Neurological Disorder
Thursday, November 7, 2024
4:40 PM – 5:55 PM EST
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