Current status of neurofeedback for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 536-542

  Lofthouse, Nicholas ^a   Arnold, L Eugene ^a   Hurt, Elizabeth ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; EEG biofeedback; Neurofeedback; Neurotherapy; NF; Review

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ALPHA RHYTHM; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BETA RHYTHM; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; IMPULSIVENESS; NEUROFEEDBACK; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SENSORY FEEDBACK; THERAPY EFFECT; THETA RHYTHM; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; NEUROFEEDBACK; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84870850100     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: 15351645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-012-0301-z     Document Type: Review

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