EEG Feedback in a psychiatric practice. Adjunct to reduced medication. Theory overview. Case examples.
Tag Archives: ADHD
New tDCS applications and New Yorker article
Experiments with transcranial Direct-Current Stimulation (tDCS) are promising but likely to be dramatic with relatively few patients
Neurofeedback WORKS–How?
Neurofeedback efficacy is established. Mechanism of Action is complex and not well understood.
Biofeedback, Head Trauma, and Neuroplasticity
Four topics for today’s post, links to two videos, report of ground breaking research on neuroplasticity and EEG biofeedback, and a note on the limits of ADHD stimulant medication. The sources are far-flung, but they have in common support for the widely misunderstood value of Neurofeedback. First, I am posting a link to a video […]
4 new studies: EFAs May Protect Against Dementia Too
The American Psychiatric Association has called attention to two very recently published articles that extend the growing literature on the benefits of omega-3 fatty acids. One article, to be published in the prestigious journal Neurology (presently on-line), is a well-controlled comparison of various nutritional supplements as protection against the accumulation of dementia-associated complex proteins. Another, […]
Preview: Poster on Over-Diagnosis and Misdiagnosis of ADHD
Learning Disorders, post-concussion syndrome, and non-seizure epileptic discharges may be worsened by ADHD meds…and improved by EEG neurofeedback.
Fish Oils:The Skinny on Fatty Acids and Brain Health
In this communication, I will focus mainly on the all-important Essential Fatty Acids, and particularly on Fish Oil, an Omega-3 poly-unsaturated fatty acid, known as Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA). EFAs are well-established contributors to cardio-vascular health and protectors against sudden cardiac death. Here, I will focus on EFAs and brain health. And mental health.
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.
Updates on ADHD-Food Additives and also ADHD-Autism Gene Finding
A couple of reports in Science News this week pick up on stories we have been following. The first is a “backgrounder” on hyeractivity and food additives; the second illuminates one of the murky patterns of genetic transmission, heredibility of gene variants in ADHD and autistic spectrum not seen in other psychiatric disorders. A very […]