I'd like to know what the legitimate uses (if any) of biofeedback
are in clinical practice. A quick blurb I read in the _Oxford Companion to
the Mind_ seemed to suggest that there's a lot of quackery/placebo effects
in this area. Some of the top people in this field are apparently:
- Thomas Budzynski. Has anyone here ever heard of him? Where does he
reside? What do you think of his work?
_ Les Fehmi. Same questions apply as above.
Could anyone suggest an article that responsibly examines biofeedback
(or neurofeedback as some of the more aggressive and visible new age marketers
of this technology are fond of calling it - anyone _here_ use this term?) and
thoroughly discusses the theoretical problems involved? Thanks in advance.
There's one gentleman in particular named Julian Isaacs (PhD from
JFK University whatever that is) who claims to successfully treat people
with head injuries, ADD, and a host of other disorders at his clinic in
Marin County, California. (obtained this info from a post of his in the
MIND-L archive of posts: ftp ftp.elf.com /pub/mind-l/archives) He
includes his phone number and the city where his clinic is located in the
post I mentioned). Is biofeedback/neurofeedback a successful modality for
the aforementioned disorders?
- Dana
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