Sara Minghetti
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Dr. Sara Minghetti is a pioneering neuropsychiatrist whose work bridges the intersection of neuromodulation and complex psychogenic disorders. Her research focuses on the neural circuitry underlying conversion disorders, psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES), and catatonia—conditions she conceptualizes as “network pathologies” of cortico-striato-thalamo-cortical loops. Dr. Minghetti’s landmark 2021 study explored deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subgenual cingulate region (SGC) as a novel treatment for an early-onset conversion disorder with prolonged catatonia, demonstrating that this hub region modulates the motivational and cognitive functions disrupted in motor symptoms. Though her most-cited work has accumulated 2 citations, its conceptual framework represents a paradigm shift in treating traditionally refractory psychiatric conditions through targeted circuit-based intervention. By reframing psychogenic disorders as network-level pathologies amenable to neuromodulation, Dr. Minghetti has opened new therapeutic avenues for patients who have exhausted conventional treatments. Her work challenges the historical mind-brain dichotomy in psychiatry, offering a mechanistic bridge between neurobiology and psychopathology that continues to influence emerging research in functional neurological disorders.
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