| Autor: |
J. Peter Rosenfeld, Elias Baehr, Carolyn Earnest, Rufus Baehr |
| Rok vydání: |
1999 |
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| DOI: |
10.1016/b978-012243790-8/50009-2 |
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Publisher Summary This chapter describes the clinical use of an alpha asymmetry NeuroFeedback Protocal in the treatment of mood disorders. The chapter states that the relationship between mood disorders and cortical asymmetry was first describedwhen it was observed that damage to the left frontal lobe results in symptoms of depression. A striking finding is that differences in frontal brain asymmetry discriminated populations of depressed and non-depressed subjects. Theories of emotion and anterior cerebral asymmetry led to an investigation of an alternative way to treat depression. It was learned that normal subjects can be trained to modify their brain waves by changing their frontal alpha asymmetry. The transition was made from the theoretical foundations and experimental studies to the practical applications when depressed persons were trained to change their frontal alpha asymmetry to resemble the asymmetry pattern found in non-depressed persons. Taking these factors into account, one feels that the crucial next step for research is to demonstrate that appropriate control cases do not improve clinically as much as cases given the specific asymmetry protocol do. Although the treatment proved successful, the patient was still depressed at the end of the neurotherapy sessions as measured by the MMPI-2 and the BDI. The novel approach to the treatment of depression is in its infancy. Based on initial findings, it seems that alpha asymmetry neurofeedback is a promising alternative adjunctive treatmentor mood disorders. |
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OpenAIRE |
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