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This outstanding reference book contains 38 chapters by 20 authors and provides a current and definitive view of the application of biofeedback techniques to a great variety of types of problem and condition.

Ed. Mark S Schwartz & Frank Andrasik with 37 contributors, Guildford Press, New York and London, 2003. 3rd edition, 908 pages.

 CONTENTS

I.  HISTORY, ENTERING AND DEFINITIONS

1.     A Historical Perspective on the Field of Biofeedback and Applied Psychophysiology           3
    Mark S. Schwartz and R. Paul Olson

2.    Entering the Field and Assuring Competence                                                                         20
    Mark S. Schwartz and Doil D Montgomery

3.    Definitions of Biofeedback and Applied Psychophysiology                                                     27
    Nancy M Schwartz and Mark S Schwartz

II. INSTRUMENTATION

4.    A Primer of Biofeedback Instrumentation                                                                             43
    Charles J. Peek

5.    A Primer of Electroencephalographic Instrumention                                                          88
    Nicola Neumann, Ute Strehl and Niels Birbaumer

III.  OFFICE ASSESSMENT AND COMPLIANCE

6.    Intake Decisions and Preparation of Patients for Therapy                                                       105
    Mark S Schwartz

7.    Psychophysiological Assessment and Biofeedback Baselines: A Primer                                  128
    John G Arean and Mark S Schwartz

8.    Compliance                                                                                                                                159
    Mark S. Schwartz

IV.  CULTIVATING LOWER AROUSAL

9.    Dietary Considerations: Rationale, Issued, Substances, Evaluation and Patient Education    181
    Keith I. Block, Mark S. Schwartz and Charlotte Gyllenhaal

10.    The Respiratory System in Applied Psycholophysiology                                                      212
    Richard N. Gevirtz and Mark S. Schwartz

11.     Resonant Frequency Heart Rate Biofeedback                                                                   245
    Richard N. Gevirtz and Paul Lehrer

12.    Problems with Relaxation and Biofeedback-Assisted Relaxation and Guidelines
    for Management                                                                                                                       251
    Mark S. Schwartz, Nancy M. Schwartz and Vincent J. Monastra

13.     The Use of Audiotapes for Patient Education and Relaxation                                            265
    Mark S. Schwartz

V.  DISORDERS NEEDING LOWER TENSION AND AROUSAL

14.    Headache                                                                                                                                275
    Mark S. Schwartz and Frank Andrasik

15.    Temporomandibular Disorders                                                                                                349
    Alan G. Glaros and Leonard Lausten

16.    Raynaud's Disease and Raynaud's Phenomenon                                                                  369
    Mark S. Schwartz and Keith Sedlacek

17.    Biobehavioral Treatment of Essential Hypertension                                                               382
    Angele McGrady and Wolfgang Linden

VI.  ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC BIOFEEDBACK APPLICATIONS

18.    Neurofeedback for the Management of Attention Deficit Disorders                                       409
    Joel F. Lubar

19.    Clinical Applications of Electroencephalographic Biofeedback                                                   438
    Vincent J. Monastra

20.    Biofeedback of Slow Cortical Potentials in Epilepsy                                                                   464
    Ute Strehl

21.    The Thought Translation Device: Slow Cortical Potential Biofeedback
    for Verbal Communication in Paralyzed Patients                                                                            471
    Andrea Kubler, Susanne Winter and Niels Birbaumer

VII. NEUROMUSCULAR APPLICATIONS

22.    Biofeedback in Neuromuscular Re-education and Gait Training                                                  485
    David E. Krebs and Timothy L. Fagerson

23.    Biofeedback-Assisted Musculoskeletal Therapy and Neuromuscular Re-education                    515
    Eric R. Fogel

24.    Psychophysiology for Performing Artists                                                                                    545
    Marcie Zinn and Mark Zinn

25.    Sport Psychology Applications of Biofeedback and Neurofeedback                                           560
    Wesley Sime

VIII.  ELIMINATION DISORDERS

26.    Urinary Incontinence: Evaluation and Biofeedback Treatment                                                     591
    Jeanette Tries and Eugene Eisman

27.    Fecal Incontinence                                                                                                                         622
    Jeanette Tries and Eugene Eisman

28.    The Use of Biofeedback for Pelvic Floor Disorders Associated with a Failure to Relax                646
    Jeanette Tries and Eugene Eisman

29.    Irritable Bowel Syndrome                                                                                                             658
    Mark S. Schwartz and Sami R. Achem

IX.  PEDIATRIC APPLICATIONS

30.    Pediatric Headache                                                                                                                       687
    Frank Andrasik and Mark S. Schwartz

31.    Pediatric Applications Other Than Headache                                                                                696
    Timothy P. Culbert and Gerard A. Banez

X.  OTHER APPLICATIONS

32.    Diabetes Mellitus                                                                                                                           727
    Angele McGrady and Barbara Bailey

33.    Tinnitus: Nothing Is as Loud as a Sound You Are Trying Not to Hear                                           750
    Herta Flor and Mark S. Schwartz

34.    Fibromyalgia Syndrome                                                                                                                 776
    Mark S. Schwartz and Jeffrey M. Thompson

35.    Treating Special Populations                                                                                                            795
    Mark S. Schwartz and Frank Andrasik

XI.  PROFESSIONAL ISSUES

36.    The Application of Ethics and Law in Daily Practice                                                                         813
    Sebastian Striefel

37.    Other Professional Topics and Issues                                                                                              835
    Sebastian Striefel, Robert Whitehouseand Mark S. Schwartz

38.    Evaluating Research in Clinical Biofeedback                                                                                   867
    Mark S. Schwartz and Frank Andrasik

XII.  FRONTIER

39.    The Frontier and Further Forward                                                                                                   883
    Mark S. Schwartz and Frank Andrasik

Index   

Price: £58.00