Neurotherapy and the challenge of empirical support: A call for a neurotherapy Practice Research Network

Journal of Neurotherapy

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 53-67

  Nelson, Lonnie A ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Efficacy; Empirical support; Evidence based medicine; Observational studies

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMPIRICISM; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARDIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THEORETICAL STUDY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0142030682     PISSN: 10874208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J184v07n02_04     Document Type: Review

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