QEEG-Guided Neurofeedback for Children with Histories of Abuse and Neglect: Neurodevelopmental Rationale and Pilot Study

What is Neurofeedback: An Update

“…On the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, neurofeedback training patients improved significantly on all 10 clinical scalesdramatically on many of them-whereas there were no significant improvements on any scales in the traditional treatment group. One study (Huang-Storms, Bodenhamer-Davis, Davis, & Dunn, 2006) has also reported positive improvements in 20 adopted children with histories of abuse and=or neglect. Improvements were noted in externalizing and internalizing problems, social problems, aggressive and delinquent behavior, anxiety=depression, thought problems, and attentional problems.…”

“…Preliminary reports have also been published on the use of neurofeedback with chronic fatigue syndrome (Hammond, 2001b); Tourette's (Tansey, 1986); obsessive-compulsive disorder (Hammond, 2003(Hammond, , 2004Surmeli, Ertem, Eralp, & Kos, 2011); Parkinson's tremors (M. Thompson & Thompson, 2002); tinnitus (Crocetti, Forti, & Bo, 2011;Dohrmann, Elbert, Schlee, & Weisz, 2007;Gosepath, Nafe, Ziegler, & Mann, 2001;Schenk, Lamm, Gundel, & Ladwig, 2005;Weiler, Brill, Tachiki, & Schneider, 2001); pain (Ibric & Dragomirescu, 2009;Jensen, Grierson, Tracy-Smith, Bacigalupi, & Othmer, 2007;Sime, 2004); physical balance, swallowing, gagging, and incontinence (Hammond, 2005a); children with histories of abuse and neglect (Huang-Storms et al, 2006) or reactive attachment disorder (Fisher, 2009);cerebral palsy (Ayers, 2004); restless legs and periodic limb movement disorder (Hammond, in press); physical and emotional symptoms associated with Type I diabetes mellitus (Monjezi & Lyle, 2006); essential tremor; and for ''chemo fog'' (Raffa & Tallarida, 2010;Schagen, Hamburger, Muller, Boogerd, & van Dam, 2001) following chemotherapy or radiation treatments.…”

EEG Biofeedback as a Treatment for Substance Use Disorders: Review, Rating of Efficacy and Recommendations for Further Research

“…Specific patterns of qEEG abnormality associated with specific substance use toxicity such as those found in stimulant abuse or alcohol abuse or with comorbidities such as ADHD (Chabot & Serfontein, 1996), PTSD (Huang-Storms et al, 2006) or TBI (Thatcher, Walker, Gerson, & Geisler, 1989) suggest underlying brain pathologies that might be amenable to EEG biofeedback that is tailored to the person. These approaches would likely be individualized rather than protocol based and would be used independently or in conjunction with classic alpha-theta training.…”

The Relative Efficacy of Connectivity Guided and Symptom Based EEG Biofeedback for Autistic Disorders

“…Quantitative electroencephalograph guided neurofeedback studies have recently demonstrated efficacy for treating obsessive-compulsive disorder (Hammond 2003), behavioral difficulties found in children who have been abused and/or neglected (Huang-Storms et al 2007), post-traumatic symptoms (Walker et al 2002) of traumatic brain injury; as well as learning disabilities (Thornton and Carmody 2005). These accumulated studies are adding evidence in support of the efficacy of QEEG guided neurofeedback protocols.…”