Use of Infra-Low Frequency Neurofeedback in Trauma Recovery of Victims of Torture
By Siegfried Othmer, PhD Surely among the most intractable of conditions encountered in mental health practice are victims of torture. A number of these were among the war refugees being cared for in Sweden, and they have not responded to conventional therapies over a period of years in most cases. After good experience with trauma […]
The Continued Evolution of EEG Biofeedback
By Glen Martin (Part II of III) When I started EEG Biofeedback in the early nineties the focus was on ADHD. In comparison to today there was little understanding of what other disorders could be impacted by neurotherapy. Nevertheless, no matter who the person is or what their condition, EEG biofeedback is simply peak performance […]
Interview with Siegfried Othmer
by Alison Morris from Full Potential Parenting, part of the Healing our Children 2015 World Summit
A Look Back at my Life with Biofeedback
By Glen Martin (Part I of III) I started college in 1968 as a biology/geology major intending to teach in some local high school after graduation. Little did I know the twists and turns that my life would take and the changes I would see. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 had just made segregation […]
Taming the Heroin Epidemic
By Siegfried Othmer, PhD The rapid rise in overdose deaths due to heroin is of frightening dimensions, showing an increase by a factor of six just since 2000. This is shown in Figure 1. Even so, this death rate is eclipsed by the overdose death rate for prescription opioids by nearly a factor of two […]
When Studies Are Not Needed III: Acupuncture
By Siegfried Othmer, PhD “Do you believe in acupuncture?” “Why yes. I’ve actually seen it done.” The August issue of Scientific American not only featured a diatribe against facilitated communication, but also one against acupuncture. Really? Acupuncture? The article starts off by reminding us of how acupuncture first came to the attentions of the wider […]
When Studies Are Not Needed II
By Siegfried Othmer, PhD In the August edition of Scientific American, professional skeptic Michael Schermer took on facilitated communication (FC) for autistic children, a tactic that had been thoroughly discredited in a Frontline piece on PBS back in 1993 entitled “Prisoners of Silence.” Sue Othmer and I had watched that episode at the time, and […]
When studies are not needed
By Siegfried Othmer, PhD Recently a study showed that some people react badly to statins. Statins have been in use for twenty years, and if some people respond badly to them, then that has also been a fact for about the same number of years. So why was a study needed? And if a study […]