About Neurofeedback
Neurofeedback, or “brainwave biofeedback,” has had enormous growth as a clinical field since 1989 when I brought it into my practice of mind-body medicine at the Self-Regulation Medical Group. Today, there are a variety techniques and equipment being used. We educate you about them all and help you choose the
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Our objective is to tailor an individualized treatment program for each individual. Thomas M. Brod, M.D. is a Board Certified psychiatrist; however he prescribes many forms of treatment. As a rule, medication is prescribed only when needed to augment other treatments. Self-regulation is our ideal, and we aim to
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New research uses EEG information, specifically "evoked potential" methods, to make even firmer the connection between severity of autism (ASD) and problems in sensory processing. The American Psychiatric Association put out a bulletin recently discussing the research of Sophie Molholm PhD and
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Shame and anxiety (hidden or tormentingly on the surface) are key discomforts in each person; however, everyone is miraculously unique. In my practice, we aim to pinpoint the help you need and offer the quickest and most lasting treatment appropriate. Sometimes that is intensive psychotherapy
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Brain Plasticity: Culture Has Shifted the Brains of Teenagers in Today's Era.
In the article, she advances the elegant notion that balance of power in the modern teenage brain has shifted to a slower development of the pre-frontal cortex because of a cultural shift away from an apprenticeship mindset.
Brain Plasticity: Culture Has Shifted the Brains of Teenagers in Today’s Era.
In the article, she advances the elegant notion that balance of power in the modern teenage brain has shifted to a slower development of the pre-frontal cortex because of a cultural shift away from an apprenticeship mindset.
Can EEG Tell If Telekinesis Is A Magician's Trick?
Can objects be moved by thought alone? A dubious notion, eh? So when the History Channel asked me to look at the brain waves of “a mentalist” I didn’t have much interest. Back when I was in psychiatric training Uri Geller was at the Stanford Research Institute demonstrating New Physics and mind-over-matter with mental spoon-bending. […]
Can EEG Tell If Telekinesis Is A Magician’s Trick?
Can objects be moved by thought alone? A dubious notion, eh? So when the History Channel asked me to look at the brain waves of “a mentalist” I didn’t have much interest. Back when I was in psychiatric training Uri Geller was at the Stanford Research Institute demonstrating New Physics and mind-over-matter with mental spoon-bending. […]
Anti-Depressants and Pregnancy Risk
With this post I initiate a series on unwanted effects of psychiatric drugs and how EEG neurofeedback can sometimes be used as an alternative or to minimize dosage. Psychiatric News (from the American Psychiatric Association) reports new information about SSRIs and autism spectrum disorder may alarm women who are—or plan to become—pregnant, but researchers caution that […]