This review article summarizes some recent developments in psychiatry such as personalized medicine, employing biomarkers and endophenotypes, and developments collectively referred to as neuromodulation with a focus on ADHD. Several neurophysiological subtypes in ADHD and their relation to treatment outcome…
Neurofeedback (NFB) research has reported improved concentration and attention in children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and progress maintained over time. Would that also apply to children with an IQ between 50 and 70 (mild mental retardation [MMR]) and an…
Two functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) experiments were undertaken to measure the effect of neurofeedback training (NFT), in AD/HD children, on the neural substrates of selective attention and response inhibition. Twenty unmedicated AD/HD children participated to these experiments. Fifteen children…
Historically, pharmacological treatments for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have been considered to be the only type of interventions effective for reducing the core symptoms of this condition. However, during the past three decades, a series of case-and controlled-group studies examining the…
Introduction. Studies performed during the last decades suggest that neurofeedback (NF) training can effectively reduce symptomatology in children with Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Yet questions remain concerning specific effects of NF training in ADHD children, because these studies did…
Six middle school students diagnosed with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder were selected for sensorimotor rhthm (SMR) training with EEG biofeedback. The subjects were evaluated following a 72-hour drug-free period with the WISC-III Digit Span subtest and the Test of Variables of…
Attention Deficit Disorder with or without hyperactivity is a disorder commonly seen inchildren. It is estimated that ADD affects 5-15 percent of school age children (Linden, Habib, & Radojevic, 1993). It was previously thought that children outgrow the disorder, but…
When I graduated from Founder Institute that I had written ‘Tame your obsession’. If you haven’t read that article, click here. Two and a half years later, after quitting my job, losing all sense of security, moving to Texas; travelling…
Month of April was spent with a lot of dry shampoo, limited water and fluctuating power toasting my electronics. Earlier on, I never really thought of how difficult it could be to maintain focus with such administrative issues around you….
It can be quite intimidating to be present at the largest medical center in the world. The Texas Medical Center consists of 21 hospitals and 8 specialty institutions, 8 academic and research institutions, 4 medical schools, 7 nursing schools, 3…
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