Research Catalog

Title

Biofeedback for the brain : how neurotherapy effectively treats depression, ADHD, autism, and more / Paul G. Swingle.

Author

Swingle, Paul G.

Publication

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2008.

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Description

vii, 220 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"Neurofeedback is a cutting-edge, drug-free therapeutic technique used by over a thousand licensed therapists in North America to treat a range of conditions from attention deficit and hyperactivity disorders to epilepsy, stroke, anxiety, migraine, and depression." "In Biofeedback for the Brain, Dr. Paul G. Swingle describes in clear and coherent language how these procedures work. With numerous actual case examples, readers follow the progress of clients from the initial "brain map" that shows the location and severity of the neurological abnormalities to the various stages of treatment. Conditions often considered untreatable by conventional health practitioners respond positively to neurotherapeutic techniques and Swingle describes many of these remarkable recoveries." "Despite wide-ranging success stories and extensive validating scientific research. many health care practitioners remain skeptical of neurofeedback and the procedures are still not well-known by the public or conventional health care providers. This book provides a thorough. definitive, and highly readable presentation of this remarkable health care alternative that offers millions of individuals a chance for healing."--Jacket.

Subject

• Biofeedback training
• Biofeedback, Psychology
• Brain > Treatment
• Brain Diseases > therapy
• Mental Disorders > therapy

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-205) and index.

Contents

The basics of biofeedback -- How do brain waves work? -- Interpreting the signals of the brain -- Neurotherapy and its partners in treatment -- Diagnostic chaos: the case of ADHD -- The broad reach of neurotherapy -- The promise of neurotherapy in the future.

ISBN

• 9780813542874 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 0813542871 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2007024979

OCLC

144771917

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library