Biofeedback for the Brain: How Neurotherapy Effectively Treats Depression, ADHD, Autism, and More

Biofeedback for the Brain: How Neurotherapy Effectively Treats Depression, ADHD, Autism, and More

by Paul G. Swingle Ph.D.
ISBN-10:
0813547792
ISBN-13:
9780813547794
Pub. Date:
01/19/2010
Publisher:
Rutgers University Press
ISBN-10:
0813547792
ISBN-13:
9780813547794
Pub. Date:
01/19/2010
Publisher:
Rutgers University Press
Biofeedback for the Brain: How Neurotherapy Effectively Treats Depression, ADHD, Autism, and More

Biofeedback for the Brain: How Neurotherapy Effectively Treats Depression, ADHD, Autism, and More

by Paul G. Swingle Ph.D.

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Overview


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. First popularized in the 1970s, this naturalistic method is based on the idea that we can control our brain activity and that, through training, the brain can learn to modify its own electrical patterns for more efficient processing or to overcome various states of dysfunction.

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 treatment and Swingle describes many of these remarkable recoveries. Other chapters describe the use of neurotherapy for a variety of surprising purposes, including performance training for elite athletes, of which the most famous example is the Italian soccer team who considered the technique to be their “secret weapon” in attaining a World Cup victory. 

Despite wide-ranging success stories and the endorsement of the American Psychological Association, 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.  


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780813547794
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Publication date: 01/19/2010
Edition description: First Paperback Edition
Pages: 232
Sales rank: 850,830
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range: 16 - 18 Years

About the Author



PAUL G. SWINGLE is a registered psychologist in British Columbia and is board certified in biofeedback and neurotherapy. He was professor of psychology at the University of Ottawa, lecturer in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and was the coordinator of the clinical psychophysiology service at Boston's McLean Hospital.

Table of Contents


List of Figures and Tables     vii
Introduction: "It's All in Your Head"     1
The Basics of Biofeedback     13
How Do Brainwaves Work?     39
Interpreting the Signals of the Brain     60
Neurotherapy and Its Partners in Treatment     83
Diagnostic Chaos: The Case of ADHD     127
The Broad Reach of Neurotherapy     160
The Promise of Neurotherapy in the Future     184
Picking a Neurotherapist     191
Notes     195
Index     207
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