Re: neurofeedback for ADHD and related conditions: Although now a bit dated, my distinct impression is that the basic conclusions of this review still stand:
http://www.srmhp.org/archives/neurotherapy.html ...Scott According to my letter, Dr. Swingle is a former academic psychologist (at McMaster, as it happens, when I was a graduate student there) whose specialty was social psychology, in particular, game theory. He published a number of articles in this field in the 1960's, then nothing for about the next 30 years. Then he published a paper "Neurofeedback treatment of pseudoseizure disorder (Biological Psychiatry, 1998). The paper was a report of three cases of "pseudoseizure activity" in which he was able to modify some index of their brain activity, with little evidence that this helped their seizures. He noted "Due to the rare nature of this disorder, however, control groups are difficult to obtain, which in turn limits the extent of these findings". I felt that if this was his best evidence for neurofeedback therapy for ADD, it was not impressive. Nor did I find evidence published by other authors advocating neurotherapy to be any more convincing. In addition, I had reservations concerning the use of brainwaves as a means of diagnosing the ADD of my student's daughter's in the first place, a method which seemed unorthodox and insufficiently validated. I suggested to my student that she should be extremely cautious in accepting the claims of this controversial therapy. A glance at Dr. Swingle's web page suggests that he continues to be a advocate of neurofeedback for a variety of conditions, and "Observed and Experiential Integration Therapy" is likely the same stuff or similar. Perhaps he has managed to obtain better evidence since I last looked at the matter. Stephen -------------------------------------------- Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada e-mail: sblack at ubishops.ca --------------------------------------------- --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13509.d0999cebc8f4ed4eb54d5317367e9b2f&n=T&l=tips&o=7608 or send a blank email to leave-7608-13509.d0999cebc8f4ed4eb54d5317367e9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments). --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=7609 or send a blank email to leave-7609-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
