Handbook of Neurofeedback

<ul> <p><strong>Handbook of Neurofeedback</strong> is a comprehensive introduction to this rapidly growing field offering practical information on the history of neurofeedback theoretical concerns and applications for a variety of disorders encountered by clinicians. Disorders covered include ADHD depression autism aging and traumatic brain injury. Using case studies and a minimum of technical language the field’s pioneers and most experienced practitioners discuss emerging topics general and specific treatment procedures training approaches and theories on the efficacy of neurofeedback.<br><br>The book includes comments on the future of the field from an inventor of neurofeedback equipment and a discussion on the theory of why neurofeedback training results in the alleviation of symptoms in a wide range of disorders. The contributors review of procedures and a look at emerging approaches including coherence/phase training inter-hemispheric training and the combination of neurofeedback and computerized cognitive training.<br><br>Topics discussed include: </p> <ul> <ul> </ul> </ul> <li>Implications of network models for neurofeedback </li> <li>The transition from structural to functional models </li> <li>Client and therapist variables </li> <li>Treatment-specific variables </li> <li>Tomographic neurofeedback </li> <li>Applying audio-visual entrainment to neurofeedback </li> <li>Common patterns of coherence deviation </li> <li>EEG patterns and the elderly </li> <li>Nutrition and cognitive health </li> <li>ADHD definitions and treatment </li> <li>Attention disorders </li> <li>Autism disorders </li> <li>The neurobiology of depression </li> <li>QEEG-guided neurofeedback </li> <ul> <ul> </ul> </ul> <p>This book is an essential professional resource for anyone practicing or interested in practicing neurofeedback including neurotherapists neuropsychologists professional counselors neurologists neuroscientists clinical psychologists and psychiatrists. </p> </ul>