Dr Roderick Duncan

MBChB, MD, PhD, MD

Associate Researcher

Canterbury District Health Board, Christchurch

Phone: 03 364 0640

Background

As Associate Researcher my focus is on improving our understanding of functional neurological disorders in general and functional seizures in particular.

Research Interests

  • Functional seizures

Projects

  • Breathing Control Training in Functional Seizures

Publications

Provided on request for non-commercial personal use by researchers.

2026

Download Breathing control training as a treatment for functional seizures (BREATHS trial): a multicentre, assessor-blinded, randomised controlled efficacy and acceptability trial study protocol.
Kanaan, R., Duncan, R., Mihalopoulos, C., Braat, S., O'Brien, T. J., Velakoulis, D., Kwan, P., Mulder, R. T., Cook, M., Mullen, S., Mayne, D., Oliver, G., Eleftheriadis, D., Ameen, O., Chatterton, M. L., D'Souza, W., Nicolo, J.-P., Perucca, P., Winton-Brown, T., Zaloumis, S., Berlowitz, D. (2026). Breathing control training as a treatment for functional seizures (BREATHS trial): a multicentre, assessor-blinded, randomised controlled efficacy and acceptability trial study protocol. BMJ Open, 16(1), e107687.. 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-107687
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