EEG Neurofeedback Testimonials and Endorsements
What Physicians and Others Say About EEG Biofeedback …
"It improves seizures, depression, low self esteem or congenital head injuries, and it helps the 'craziness' that often comes with these . . . Patients report they sleep better, feel better, they don't have seizures, they are more in control, and that they get more work done. It helps with closed head injury patients. It helps with chronic neurologic disease, where there is no active injury, but there are problems with normal functioning. We've had success with multiple sclerosis, with toxic encephalopathy (for example, chemical poisoning interfering with neurologic functioning), with chronic pain, migraines and fibromyalgia. And of course, we get very good results with ADD."
Jonathan Walker, M.D.
Neurologist
Dallas, TX
"In my experience with EEG Biofeedback and ADD, many people are able to improve their reading skills and decrease their need for medication. Also, EEG biofeedback has helped to decrease impulsivity and aggressiveness. It is a powerful tool, in part, because the patient becomes part of the treatment process by taking more control over his own physiological processes." (pp. 143-144)
Daniel Amen, M.D.
Change Your Brain Change Your Life
"Among the newer approaches to managing ADD, the most exciting is a learning process called neurofeedback. It empowers a person to shift the way he pays attention. After more than twenty-five years of research in university labs, neurofeedback has become more widely available. This is a pleasing development, because neurofeedback has no negative side effects." (Page 205)
William Sears, M.D.
The A.D.D. Book
"In my own practice, I've used neurofeedback in a comprehensive medical treatment program to help more than 1,000 patients with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. When combined with supportive therapies, such as family counseling and educational therapy, EEG neurofeedback is the most effective treatment available. Critics of EEG neurofeedback hold this treatment to more rigid standards than drug treatments. Yet, unlike drugs, neurofeedback is benign."
David F. Velkoff, M.D.
Medical Director Drake Institute of Behavioral Medicine
Los Angeles Physician's Weekly
POINT/COUNTERPOINT
July 13, 1998 Vol. XV, No. 26
"Used selectively for patients, it is a very good tool. For psychiatry, this is an area to look into. Not everyone gets better with Prozac, or other drugs. This is a biological intervention that gets the brain firing. I've only used Neurofeedback on a limited basis so far, I've gotten good results in my private practice with depression. I've also gotten good results with some children we have used it for. I would like to do more with it."
Terry Cook
Psychiatrist
New South Wales, Australia
EEG Spectrum International Affiliate
"In my 38 years of practice, I have never seen any treatment that comes close to producing the results that Neurofeedback offers . . . I have seen results achieved in days and weeks that previously took months and years to achieve, using the best methods available to us."
Jack Woodward, M.D.
Board Certified Psychiatrist
Clayton
"This is one of the broad reach of tools available, and it's a good tool. Like any tool, it doesn't work for everyone, but it does benefit most people. It accelerates symptom removal and the development of healthy self-regulation - meaning it helps the patient's own body make the proper adjustments."
Dr. Thomas Brod
Psychiatrist
Los Angeles, CA
"ADHD in both children and adults is the condition most commonly treated with EEG biofeedback, sometimes as an alternative to the drug Ritalin. Studies have found significant improvement in attentiveness, impulse control and even IQ scores as a result of the technique. There is also research showing that EEG biofeedback can reduce the number of seizures in people with epilepsy, plus some evidence that it may be helpful in treating head injuries, addictions, anxiety, and depression. I've also seen EEG biofeedback work for narcolepsy"
Andrew Weil, M.D.
Author of Spontaneous Healing
"There have been over twenty years of published research studies and thousands of anecdotal case histories which document the effectiveness of biofeedback in the treatment of ADD. Perhaps more importantly, there have been no published studies which negate the effectiveness of EEG biofeedback. During the past several years, many medical professionals have written books about the benefits of biofeedback for a variety of disorders. In addition, many psychiatrists and neurologists have added EEG biofeedback to their practices. Despite this support, physicians and health care professionals will often discourage clients from pursuing EEG biofeedback. The skepticism from health care professionals appears to stem from their lack of education, experience and expertise in EEG biofeedback (neurofeedback), rather than issues regarding the effectiveness of the treatment. Consequently, it is strongly recommended that when another health care professional or physician disputes the therapeutic value of biofeedback for the treatment of ADD, you ask them to identify the origin of their disapproval and suggest an exploration of the relevant scientific papers on this matter."
From the Desk of Barry Belt
Psychologist
Articles and Information About Biofeedback and Neurofeedback
"Health Care Heroes" (.pdf) - Dallas Business Journal - March 1998
"Therapy may offer hope in trauma, mental disorders" (.pdf) - Deseret News (Salt Lake City) - July 17, 1998
"Making Brain Waves" (.pdf)- Deseret News (Salt Lake City) - July 5, 1998
"How To Calm A Child" (.pdf)- Parade magazine ran an article on Neurofeedback Jun 28, 1998
EXCERPT: "Feeding Your Head" (.pdf) - Portable Computing magazine ran an article on Neurofeedback July, 1998
EXCERPT: "Wired For Miracles?" (.pdf) - Psychology Today - June 1999
"New Hope for Sufferers of Chronic Pain" (.pdf) - Your Family's Health 1997
"An Alternative To Ritalin" (.pdf) - The Beacon Journal - Front Page Article on Dec. 5, 1997
"Biofeedback Offers Help to Hyperactive Children" (.pdf) - New York Times - Nov 11, 1997
"Wired for Miracles" (.pdf) - Psychology Today - March/April 1996
"Biofeedback Widens Its Role in Medicine" (.pdf) - CNN - Feb 17, 2000
"Brain-wave Workout May Help Attention Troubles" (.pdf) - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Jan. 24, 2000
"Neurofeedback, New Method For ADHD" (.pdf) - Cleveland News Channel 5
KSL-TV in Utah Report on Neurofeedback (.pdf) - Science Specialist Ed Yeates shows you how hyperactive children who might otherwise be treated with drugs are actually learning to control their brain waves and change their mood--while they play.
