Neurofeedback News

Monthly summary of general news, case histories,
and introductory articles about neurofeedback
for the interested layperson

Vol. 5 No. 12 - December 2002

Past issues are available at www.eegspectrum.com/news/
Copyright (C) 2001 by EEG Spectrum International. All rights reserved.

Announcements - News Focus - Letting them know what you're doing while you're doing it News & Reviews - Recent books and articles

Announcements

Focus

Letting them know what you're doing while you're doing it

Since 1995 the International Society for Neuronal Regulation (iSNR), as it is now called, has posted online its scientific conference proceedings (talk abstracts). This service allows interested parties to circumvent the normally slow scientific communication pipeline, to learn of the latest findings in whatever topic they seek. As I teach my Research Methods students, one to four or more years may pass from the start of a research project until your findings reach the light of day (i.e., journal ink). Only a select few regularly take time and money out of their busy schedules and strained budgets to attend conferences, so proceedings are a helpful way to let people know what you're doing while you're doing it.

I'm still amazed at the paucity of reported research in neurotherapy for autism. I know dozens of clinicians are treating autism with EEG biofeedback, but who? where? when? Only three abstracts, as you see below (plus a paper coming out in the next issue of JNT).

Below are selections for iSNR conferences going back to 1995, arranged by disorder. I compiled about 250 abstracts in all from 1995 to 2002, with about half on QEEG assessments of one form or another. To keep this newsletter manageable, I only included a sprinkling. If you want to read all the abstracts on a single topic, or to see all the topics covered, visit www.snr-jnt.org/topics/ntlinks.htm. Happy hunting!

ADHD (31 online abstracts since 1995, selections below)

ADD Subtypes in QEEG with Multi-State Analysis

Videogame vs Standard EEG Biofeedback

ERPs in GO/NOGO Paradigm in ADHD Children During Training

Electrophysiological Assessment of Frontal Lobe Function in ADHD

Electrophysiological Correlates of Motor Inhibition Impairment in ADHD

Electrophysiological Indicators of ADHD

SMR/Beta Training on Neurocognitive Performance.

More New QEEG data about ADHD and Response to therapy.

Neurological Basis and Neurofeedback Treatment of ADHD

Role of QEEG in Predicting Medication Response and Outcome: ADHD & LD

QEEG Reference Database Evaluation of Adult ADHD

QEEG Reference Database Evaluation of Adult ADHD: Follow-up with LORETA

QEEG based subtypes of Adult ADHD

LORETA imaging of children with ADD and learning disorders

SPECT vs. QEEG Map vs. QEEG Scan: Which is the Most Accurate and Best Value for ADHD?

Neurofeedback for Remediating ADHD in Elementary School Setting

TOVAs in Diagnosis and Treatment of Attention Disorders

Addiction (15 abstracts, selections below)

Alpha-Theta biofeedback not specific to production of theta/alpha crossover

Alpha-theta feedback in groups

Augmenting Chemical Dependency Treatment with Neurofeedback Training

Case for Alpha-Theta: A Dynamic Hemispheric Asymmetry Model

Aspects of Reward Deficiency Syndrome

Experiments on Brainwave Therapy for Alcoholism

Individualizing EEG Biofeedback in Addictive Disorders

Autism

Audio-visual Stimulation in Childhood Autism

Autism/Asperger's/Obnoxious Child, 3 Case Histories

Efficacy of Neurofeedback for Autistic Spectrum Disorders

Brain Injury (14 abstracts)

Biophysical Integration of MRI, EEG and Cognition in TBI

Comparison of Normative EEG Databases and Mild Head Injury Discriminants

EEG Changes on TBI Patients During Cognitive Tasks After Cognitive Rehabilitation

EEG Coherence Training Based on QEEG Abnormalities in Patients with Closed Head Injury.

EEG Severity Index of TBI

Exploratory Discriminant Analysis of Mild Brain Trauma Employing High Frequency Bands

Mozart Effect

QEEG and QMRI findings in TBI: implications for neurotherapy.

CFS

Abnormal QEEG'S in chronic fatigue syndrome patients.

Identical Twins: One has Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - Can QEEG Discriminate?

18 Hz AVS on attention and concentration symptoms in CFS

Treatment of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome with Neurofeedbackand Self-Hypnosis

Epilepsy

QEEG-Guided Neurofeedback in the Treatment of Epilepsy

Relationship Between Epilepsy and ADHD, Learning Disability and Mental Retardation

Remediation of Nocturnal Seizures by EEG Biofeedback

Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia Syndrome Symptom Reduction with Audio Visual Entrainment.

Neurochemical Basis of Fibromyalgia, The

QEEG, Psychological Status and EMG Activity in Fibromyalgia

To Q or Not to Q: Use of a Fibromyalgia Case Study

Mood Disorders (18 abstracts)

Anterior Alpha Asymmetry in Anxiety and Depression

EEG Asymmetry Measures as Predictors of Depression Severity

Frontal Asymmetry Changes Reflect Brief Mood Shifts

LORETA of Cerebral Activity in Chronic Depressive Disorder

Major Depressive Disorder: QEEG Subtypes, Treatment Implications

Neurofeedback for the Bipolar Child

Pathologies of Regional EEG Comodulation: Issues and Interpretation

Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder and Changes in Prefrontal Alpha Asymmetry

QEEG Relationships With the MMPI-2 Depression Scale

Depression severity and overall EEG abnormality.

Additional Topics:

QEEG Assessment 103 abstracts plus more on related topics like coherence, LORETA, Non-linear dynamics, EPs

Peak Training 12 abstracts

AVS 17 abstracts

Above indices and MORE can be found at: www.snr-jnt.org/topics/ntlinks.htm

(Please excuse the large 613K download required, though only once, to access the first abstract. Additional abstracts should then be instantaneously.)

-DK

News & Reviews NEW BOOKS

Posttraumatic Stress Intervention: Challenges, Issues, and Perspectives
by John M. Violanti, Douglas Paton, Christine Dunning

Demonstrates need for alternatives to prevailing model of posttrauma prevention. Focuses on integration of traumatic experiences, brief prevention programs after trauma, and the effects of traumatic disclosure on physical and mental health.

Demystifying the Autistic Experience: A Humanistic Introduction
by William Stillman

Introduces autism from a non-clinical, humanist perspective.

Developmental Psychopathology of Anxiety
by Michael W. Vasey, Mark R. Dadds

Discusses major factors that contribute to etiology and maintenance of anxiety disorders in children and throughout lifespan.

Treating Alcohol Dependence, 2nd Edition
by Peter M. Monti, Ronald M. Kadden, Damaris J. Rohsenow, G. Alan Marlatt

Presents Brown University/Providence VA treatment program for addictive behaviors in step-by- step detail.

Essential Guide to Depression
by American Medical Association

Latest findings on depression, a condition that affects nearly 17 million Americans each year.

Drug Legalization (Current Controversies)
by Scott Barbour

For adolescents, debate on drug legalization from opposing viewpoints.

Manic Depression : How to Live While Loving a Manic Depressive
by Lynn Bradley

Personal story on the impact of bipolar disorder on victim and families' lives.

Overcoming Alcoholism: The Critical Ingredients of Successful Recovery
by Hunt Cudahy

What actually causes recovery from addictive disease: newest clinical interventions in substance abuse treatment.

ARTICLES

Management of treatment refractory ADHD in children : With the exception of tricyclic antidepressants, few rigorous studies exist to support the efficacy and safety of nonstimulant medications for the treatment of childhood ADHD.

Imaging the roles of the amygdala in drug addiction. : The amygdala is implicated in reward learning and memory, conditioned reward and emotion dysregulation related to drug use, and the transition to addiction.

Psychopathology in mothers of autistic and mentally retarded children. : Mothers of autistic children experienced more psychological distress such as depression compared to those of mentally retarded children.

Neuropsychological outcomes after traumatic brain injury in children. : Some neuropsychological deficits recover within a year postinjury, but further recovery was uncommon.

Circadian and wake duration-dependent modulation of EEG : The circadian pacemaker facilitates frontal EEG activation by preventing the intrusion of low-frequency EEG components (which increase progressively during wakefulness).

Children with ADHD and comorbid oppositional defiant disorder: an EEG analysis. : ADHD groups have more absolute and relative theta than the control group in EC rest.

Substance abuse and antidepressant-induced mania in bipolar disorder : Multiple antidepressant exposures may be associated with an elevated risk for antidepressant-induced mania in bipolar patients with histories of substance abuse.

Preadolescent girls with ADHD: Background characteristics : Girls with the inattentive type are more socially isolated but less rejected by peers than the combined type.