treatment modality
treatment modality is a specialized approach in our brain training toolkit. Peak Brain Institute applies treatment modality as part of comprehensive, QEEG-guided protocols tailored to each client's brain patterns and goals. Explore our 2 research papers covering this topic.
Research Papers
A Research Analysis of Neurofeedback Protocols for PTSD and Alcoholism
A comparative literature research study was conducted and consisted of an analysis of two articles. Study one, by Peniston and Kulkosky, looks at Vietnam veterans with PTSD and the use of neurofeedback as a treatment modality. Study two, by Scott, Kaiser, Othmer, and Sideroff, examines the effect of neurofeedback as an additional therapeutic modality for people with chemical addictions. Both studies employ use of similar neurofeedback training methods.
View Full Paper →Clinical utility of EEG in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Psychiatric research applications of electroencephalography (EEG), the earliest approach to imaging human cortical brain activity, are attracting increasing scientific and clinical interest. For more than 40 years, EEG research has attempted to characterize and quantify the neurophysiology of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), most consistently associating it with increased frontocentral theta band activity and increased theta to beta (θ/β) power ratio during rest compared to non-ADHD controls. Recent reports suggest that while these EEG measures demonstrate strong discriminant validity for ADHD, significant EEG heterogeneity also exists across ADHD-diagnosed individuals. In particular, additional studies validating the use of the θ/β power ratio measure appear to be needed before it can be used for clinical diagnosis. In recent years, the number and the scientific quality of research reports on EEG-based neurofeedback (NF) for ADHD have grown considerably, although the studies reviewed here do not yet support NF training as a first-line, stand-alone treatment modality. In particular, more research is needed comparing NF to placebo control and other effective treatments for ADHD. Currently, after a long period of relative stasis, the neurophysiological specificity of measures used in EEG research is rapidly increasing. It is likely, therefore, that new EEG studies of ADHD using higher density recordings and new measures drawn from viewing EEG as a 3-dimensional functional imaging modality, as well as intensive re-analyses of existing EEG study data, can better characterize the neurophysiological differences between and within ADHD and non-ADHD subjects, and lead to more precise diagnostic measures and effective NF approaches
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