UGANDA ASSOCIATION OF PSYCHIATRISTS

NameMinistry of Health
Activity TitleUGANDA ASSOCIATION OF PSYCHIATRISTS
DetailsThe session, organized under the Uganda Association of Psychiatrists’ monthly CME series, focused on Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder (FNSD). The session began with an introduction to the CME series, followed by a pre-test, presentation, post-test, and question-and-answer session. Dr. Emmanuel Mpamizo, a psychiatrist with extensive experience in mental health, facilitated the session using a fictional clinical case. The case involved a 12-year-old boy who developed difficulty walking and right-leg pain for two months following a bicycle accident that resulted in amputation of one toe. Despite appropriate surgical treatment, wound healing, multiple hospital visits, investigations, and medications, his symptoms persisted. The family suspected of a surgical complication and sought opinions from several hospitals. The presentation explored differential diagnoses, including normal post-surgical healing, phantom limb/residual limb pain, and FNSD. The features supporting FNSD included inconsistency between the reported symptoms and observed functioning. The boy could crawl, walk in a squatting position, occasionally walk upright for short distances, and swim normally using all limbs. His symptoms also varied with circumstances, becoming worse when he was bored or asked to stop playing video games.
CompetenceMental Health
Start Date01-09-2026
End Date01-09-2026
Event Time11:15 AM
LocationONLINE
Cost (UGX)0
CPD Points2