SOME SEE HOPE IN NEUROFEEDBACK FOR ATTENTION DEFICIT


By JIM ROBBINS
NY Times
September 26, 2000

If a child at the Enrico Fermi School in Yonkers is found to have attention deficit disorder, parents can choose an unusual alternative to medication: neurofeedback, a computerized biofeedback system that some say strengthens the brain.

Linda Vergara, the school’s principal, said she decided to try the approach when doctors diagnosed the disorder in her son in 1992. ”They told me I needed to give him something to calm him down,” she said.

Ms. Vergara decided not to give her son Ritalin, the drug frequently used to treat the ailment, and instead took him to see Dr. Mary Jo Sabo, a psychologist in Suffern, N.Y., to try neurofeedback.

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GENTLE AND EFFECTIVE EXERCISE FOR HEALTH, RELAXATION, AND STRESS REDUCTION.


“Whoever practices t’ai-chi, correctly and regularly, twice a day over a period of time will gain the pliability of a child, the health of a lumberjack, and the peace of mind of a sage.”

          —Professor Cheng Man-Ch’ing

 

The ancient art of T’ai Chi uses gentle flowing movements to reduce the stress of today’s busy lifestyles, and improve health. 

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The graceful images of people gliding through dance-like poses as they practice t’ai chi (TIE-chee) are compelling. Simply watching them is relaxing. T’ai chi, in fact, is often described as “meditation in motion” because it promotes serenity through gentle movements — integrating mind and body.

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YOUR BRAIN CAN IMPROVE ITS OWN FUNCTION; ITS VERY NATURE IS ADAPTIBILITY.


by David Delaney

His father brings nine-year-old Harold (not his real name) to my office.  Neither he nor his mother is able to get him to go to sleep at night; sometimes they find him wandering around late because he cannot sleep.  He gets up repeatedly when they put him back to bed.   This kind of behavior is wearing on his parents!

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WIRED FOR MIRACLES?


By: Jim Robbins

Epilepsy. ADD. Depression. PMS. Insomnia. What do all these conditions havein common? They’re being treated with a new form of high-tech brain biofeedback. So open your radical science horizons. Here, a report on the cresting edge of the brainwave.

JAKE’S BIRTH WAS A LONG SHOT. Three months premature, he weighed just a pound, and his early birth took a heavy neurological toll. When he was four, he entered his parents’ room one evening, drooling and unable to speak. As they watched, horrified, one side of his body went into seizure and he lost consciousness. Jake’s seizures often happened at night, and his parents kept an overnight bag packed for trips to the hospital emergency room, where he received injections of Valium. He often had petit mal seizures during the day. He was also diagnosed with cerebral palsy, which diminished his fine and gross motor skills. His learning disabilities included attention deficit disorder and hyperactivity. He had speech problems and ground his teeth constantly. His sleep was troubled and he often woke up ten or eleven times in a night.

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HOW CAN I LOWER THE VOLUME OF MY NEGATIVE SELF-TALK?


by David Delaney

Constant negative thoughts…

 It’s our first meeting, and Peter (not his real name) is sobbing and obviously quite embarrassed.  He feels that his life is out of control.  He has anxiety, feels depressed, and has lost his once good concentration and motivation.  What have replaced it are constant negative thoughts, and he can’t over-ride them as in the past.  He says that this is causing him to loose his confidence.  He recently lost his composure at work and he is panicking that he might be fired.

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WHEN THE PRESSURE IS ON, HOW CAN I LEARN TO TRANSFORM MY STRESS INTO OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE?


by David Delaney

Scotty, beam me up fast; I’m tanking…

Jim (not his real name), an ad agency executive, is making a campaign presentation to clients and begins to panic. He is aware of how important landing this client is for his agency, which makes him feel even more tense. He can not stop the negative spiral of stress and he now is loosing his natural, relaxed ability to present this ad campaign of which he has great natural passion for and knowledge of. No matter how hard he is trying, it makes things worse.

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