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Neurofeedback - A Non-Drug Therapy For Depression
By Dr. Clare Albright
Depression is one of the worst mind sicknesses out there today. The statistics prove this point even more. When you consider that up to 2% of those who are clinically depressed will die by suicide this year the need for an effective, safe treatment becomes even more needed.
Clearly, depression is a very serious issue. Unfortunately, for many years, men, women and children around the world were hesitant to seek treatment, fearing that the stigma of psychiatric treatment would only add to their list of troubles. A perfect example of how social labels can cause people to suffer in their business, and public lives is illustrated in an often told story of one Senator.
In 1972, Senator Thomas Eagleton admitted to suffering from depression. This admission of having been treated for depression cost him the candidacy for Vice President.
Happily, many things have changed since 1972. Depression is no longer the "scarlet letter" of healthcare, and EEG biofeedback, or neurofeedback has proven to be incredibly effective this condition.
Now, please keep in mind one very important thing; one of the most exciting things about neurofeedback for depression (other than the fact it works so well for many people) is that it is free of the burdensome side effects of some of the other treatments available.
Treatments for depression have not only included drugs and counseling. At the far end of the spectrum, we have electroconvulsive shock therapy (ECT). Anyone who has watched "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" will no doubt remember the graphic scene where Randall Patrick McMurphy (played by Jack Nicholson) received ECT. While not as popular as it once was, there are still approximately 1 million people a year who are treated with this method.
While I'm not making the claim that neurofeedback is a replacement for ECT, I would like to compare it with neurofeedback in a couple of key areas.
First, a 2004 follow up study of patients who had been treated with ECT found that up to as few as 30% of the patients had remission of their symptoms. Seventy percent is a huge amount of people to be put through such a painful and invasive treatment only to have NO RELIEF!!! More important, perhaps, was the finding that 64% of those patients would relapse in six months or less.
Next, patients who are receiving ECT have at a similar risk to those who are going under general anesthesia. Furthermore, immediately following treatment patients may experience memory loss and moderate confusion.
Enter neurofeedback. Those who opt for treatment using neurofeedback for depression are not only experiencing relief from their symptoms, but they are literally re-training their brain for long term relief and termination of those symptoms. And, of course, this is all done without side effects.
I've save the best for last. Neurofeedback seems to work for depression, no matter how the person has become depressed. Meaning, whether their depression is the result of physical or emotional trauma; a genetic anomaly; or some other, perhaps unknown cause, many patients with depression respond very favorably to neurofeedback.
Best of all it does NOT hurt the patient. The worst that a person will feel is a little cold from the gel and rarely a little nausea or tiredness after the treatment. Why are we still using such torture to treat people? Let us help people with a treatment that will not only greatly reduce their symptoms, will also make them smarter!!
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A little something on Dr. Clare Albright...
Dr. Clare Albright is a psychologist and the author of a 168 page book, "Neurofeedback: Transforming Your Life with Brain Biofeedback" and can be reached at her website: www.drclarity.com
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