Q & A Subjects
Q - Would like to know about the alternative programs to prescription drugs (like Paxil) that you feature. If you could, please send me some information on these.
A - Neurotherapeutic treatment of depression is one of the most successful applications of this technology. There are many forms of depression each of which has a definitive neurological pattern. Situational (reactive) depression such as grief, although it likewise has a pattern, is generally not aggressively treated with neurotherapy because the grievance procedure should process and proceed naturally although we sometimes treat to facilitate that process. By analogy, one should also never medicate (sedate) the grievance or reactive process either. Neurological patterns for predisposition to depression are treated with neurotherapy and related procedures to normalize the brainwave activity. Once the pattern is normalized and stabilized the problem is permanently corrected. That doesn't mean the client isn't going to experience depressed mood states but they will be like anyone else who has ups and downs. The worst-case situation for dealing with depression is to medicate for all of the reasons that are well known to those who look at the evidence. There are, of course, situations in which temporary medication is warranted but those situations are relatively uncommon. Further, neurotherapeutic treatment is most rapid for those clients who are not medicated since titration off the medication coincident with neurotherapy can be problematic and require many visits. The best source for information is to consult the clinical/scientific literature. Two good sources are the Journal of Neurotherapy available at www.isnr.org and the Journal of Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback available at www.aapb.org . |
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