Neurofeedback As a Treatment for Major Depressive Disorder -A Pilot Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Peeters, Frenk ^a   Oehlen, Mare ^a   Ronner, Jacco ^a   Van Os, Jim ^a,b   Lousberg, Richel ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPETENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD CHANGE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEUROFEEDBACK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; QUICK INVENTORY OF DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS; REMISSION; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FRONTAL LOBE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFEEDBACK; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 84898623362     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091837     Document Type: Article

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